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Sankey Valley Park

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 289m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 289m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Alder, Heather +49 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hemp-agrimony, Alder, Heather +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Vine Weevil, Sphaerophoria scripta +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Dandelion, Meadowsweet, Pedunculate Oak +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route

Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

18,674 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,674 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +47

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
American MinkNeovison vison2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2026

Western Honey Bee · Vine Weevil · Sphaerophoria scripta · Hairy Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +9

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
SitonaSitona2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025

🌿

Plants52 species

summer

2026

Hemp-agrimony · Alder · Heather · Broom · Pale Galingale +47

Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2025
Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
EyebrightEuphrasia2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Aster agg.Aster agg.2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,674 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +47

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · American Mink · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
American MinkNeovison vison2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2026

Western Honey Bee · Vine Weevil · Sphaerophoria scripta · Hairy Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +9

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
SitonaSitona2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025

🌿

Plants52 species

summer

2026

Hemp-agrimony · Alder · Heather · Broom · Pale Galingale +47

Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
BroomCytisus scoparius2025
Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis2025
Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
EyebrightEuphrasia2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
Aster agg.Aster agg.2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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