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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › North West › St. Helens Getting here
53.45867, -2.69480
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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 — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Wood-sorrel, Hazel, Hogweed +9 more foraging species
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Wood-sorrel, Lesser Celandine +129 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage, Wood-sorrel, Lesser Celandine +129 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear Park Walking route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref SCT Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
35,781 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 35,781 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +44
Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 White Stork Ciconia ciconia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird +11
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator 🌿 Plants 42 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Bluebell · Wood-sorrel · Wood Anemone +37
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025 Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 35,781 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +44
Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 White Stork Ciconia ciconia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Rabbit · Bat +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird +11
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator 🌿 Plants 42 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Bluebell · Wood-sorrel · Wood Anemone +37
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025 Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes2025 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025 Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Xylota Xylota
Xylota Xylota
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2025
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2025
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis2025
Barren Strawberry Potentilla sterilis2025
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Beech Fagus sylvatica2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Common Reed Phragmites australis2025
Common Reed Phragmites australis2025
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum2025
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum2025
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris2025
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Rosa canina Rosa canina2025
Rosa canina Rosa canina2025
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine2025
Broad-leaved Helleborine Epipactis helleborine2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2025
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus2025
Lesser Burdock Arctium minus2025
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium2025
Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium2025
Stag's-horn Sumach Rhus typhina2025
Stag's-horn Sumach Rhus typhina2025
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus2025
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2025
Pot Marigold Calendula officinalis2025
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2025
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum2025
Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum2025
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris2025
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris2025
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2025
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Bugle Ajuga reptans2025
Bugle Ajuga reptans2025
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2025
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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