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Roscoe's Wood

2 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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53.39692, -2.81829

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Hazel, Hogweed +28 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blue Tit +31 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blue Tit +31 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lesser Celandine, Wood Avens, Cow Parsley +218 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Wood Avens, Cow Parsley +218 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +44 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Allerton Country WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

110 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Radial Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

University Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Woolton & WavertreeCycling route

Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route

Radial Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

NCN 862Cycling route

Named routeRef 862National Cycle Network

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

25,519 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,519 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

summer

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · House Sparrow · Mallard +21

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

autumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Hare · Field Vole +3

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
House MouseMus musculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2026

Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +22

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
LasioglossumLasioglossum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Tychius picirostrisTychius picirostris2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025

🌿

Plants74 species

summer

2026

Tufted Vetch · Perennial Sow-thistle · Great Willowherb · Lords-and-Ladies · Cowslip +69

Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
CowslipPrimula veris
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BugleAjuga reptans
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum2025
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2025
Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025
TansyTanacetum vulgare2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
AppleMalus domestica2025
White DogwoodCornus alba2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2025
Broad BeanVicia faba2025
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Centaurea nigra var. radiataCentaurea nigra var. radiata2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2025
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,519 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

summer

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · House Sparrow · Mallard +21

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

autumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Hare · Field Vole +3

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
House MouseMus musculus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2026

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2026

Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +22

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
LasioglossumLasioglossum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Bibio pomonaeBibio pomonae2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Tychius picirostrisTychius picirostris2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025

🌿

Plants74 species

summer

2026

Tufted Vetch · Perennial Sow-thistle · Great Willowherb · Lords-and-Ladies · Cowslip +69

Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
CowslipPrimula veris
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BugleAjuga reptans
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum2025
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2025
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Saw-wortSerratula tinctoria2025
Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Field PansyViola arvensis2025
TansyTanacetum vulgare2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
AppleMalus domestica2025
White DogwoodCornus alba2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Purple Viper's-buglossEchium plantagineum2025
Broad BeanVicia faba2025
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Centaurea nigra var. radiataCentaurea nigra var. radiata2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2025
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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