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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › North West › St. Helens Getting here
53.45683, -2.68563
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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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mute Swan +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mute Swan +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Elder, Hogweed +17 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Common Darter, Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Opomyza florum +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hawthorn, Bugle, Elder +154 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hawthorn, Bugle, Elder +154 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
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Wildlife to spot
34,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,684 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard · Blackbird +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 White Stork Ciconia ciconia2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Turdus viscivorus viscivorus Turdus viscivorus viscivorus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Common Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Bat +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Honey Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Orange Ladybird +9
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 🌿 Plants 38 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Bugle · Enchanter's-nightshade · Great Horsetail · Wood-sorrel · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +33
Bugle Ajuga reptans2025 Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025 Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2025 Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella2025 Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,684 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Canada Goose · Mallard · Blackbird +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 White Stork Ciconia ciconia2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Turdus viscivorus viscivorus Turdus viscivorus viscivorus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Common Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Bat +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Bat Chiroptera2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Honey Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Corizus hyoscyami · Orange Ladybird +9
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025 Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 🌿 Plants 38 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Bugle · Enchanter's-nightshade · Great Horsetail · Wood-sorrel · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +33
Bugle Ajuga reptans2025 Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025 Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia2025 Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella2025 Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Broad-bodied Chaser
Broad-bodied Chaser
Libellula depressa2025
Libellula depressa2025
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2025
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2025
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2025
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025 Broom
Broom
Cytisus scoparius2025
Cytisus scoparius2025
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Common Reed Phragmites australis2025
Common Reed Phragmites australis2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum2025
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum2025
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
Stag's-horn Sumach Rhus typhina2025
Stag's-horn Sumach Rhus typhina2025
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
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2025
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides2025
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2025
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2025
Red Campion Silene dioica2025
Red Campion Silene dioica2025 