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Sand Pit Wood

10 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Bolter End Sand Pit · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha

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53.33036, -2.39406

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Great Crested Grebe
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Great Crested Grebe
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Jackdaw +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Jackdaw +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Banded Demoiselle +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Bollin Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

North Cheshire WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Cheese LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Cheshire Cheese LoopLocal cycle route

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

24,967 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,967 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2026

Goosander · Tufted Duck · Coot · Gadwall · Mute Swan +49

GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great TitParus major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Red Deer · Fallow Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus
Fallow DeerDama dama

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,967 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2026

Goosander · Tufted Duck · Coot · Gadwall · Mute Swan +49

GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
GadwallMareca strepera
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great TitParus major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2026

Red Deer · Fallow Deer

Red DeerCervus elaphus
Fallow DeerDama dama

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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