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Places › England › North West › Cheshire West and Chester Getting here
53.10360, -2.75744
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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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Wren +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Wren +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Silver Y +148 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Silver Y +148 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Hawthorn, Butterfly-bush, Common Nettle +12 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Hawthorn, Butterfly-bush, Common Nettle +12 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Bramble
Varies
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2022; Fungi — Nettle Clustercup Rust · last seen 2022
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Cheshire Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Milennium Mile Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sandstone Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Eddisbury Way Walking route 27 km ▾
Named route Length 27 km Regional walking route
Show on map 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map River to Ridge Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 141 m ▾
Named route Ref 45 Length 141 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface cobbles
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 565 m ▾
Named route Ref 45 Length 565 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 45 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Bolesworth International Horse Show: International collecting ring
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Wildlife to spot
20,564 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,564 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +48
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2022 Whitethroat Curruca communis2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Field Vole · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Mole Talpa europaea2025 Field Vole Microtus agrestis2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tawny Mining Bee · Alder Leaf Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird +14
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Nettle Clustercup Rust
Nettle Clustercup Rust Puccinia urticata s. lat. Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,564 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +48
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2022 Whitethroat Curruca communis2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Field Vole · Hedgehog
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Mole Talpa europaea2025 Field Vole Microtus agrestis2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Tawny Mining Bee · Alder Leaf Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird +14
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Nettle Clustercup Rust
Nettle Clustercup Rust Puccinia urticata s. lat. Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus2024
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus2024
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2024
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2024
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2024
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023 