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Sherdley Park Municipal Golf Course

1 ha

WildlifeBirdsForaging

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

53.43182, -2.73596

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Visiting this summer

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
🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Magpie +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Magpie +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hazel, Hawthorn +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Hawthorn Shieldbug +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Hawthorn Shieldbug +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Ash, Hemp-agrimony +149 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Ash, Hemp-agrimony +149 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route

Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route

Route 856Cycling route

Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network

1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route39 m

Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

28,532 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,532 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Canada Goose +31

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +3

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
FrogRana

🐝

Insects12 species

spring

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus ribesii +7

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum

🌿

Plants21 species

springsummer

2026

Southern Marsh-orchid · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Bee Orchid · Alder · Great Willowherb +16

Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Hjelmqvist's CotoneasterCotoneaster hjelmqvistii2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,532 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Canada Goose +31

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CootFulica atra2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +3

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
FrogRana

🐝

Insects12 species

spring

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Tree Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Syrphus ribesii +7

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum

🌿

Plants21 species

springsummer

2026

Southern Marsh-orchid · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Bee Orchid · Alder · Great Willowherb +16

Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Hjelmqvist's CotoneasterCotoneaster hjelmqvistii2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2025
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gary Rogers · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

18th Green at Sherdley Park Golf Course

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