🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.47273, -2.99329
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Gorse, Blackthorn, Coltsfoot +50 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Gorse, Blackthorn, Coltsfoot +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
157 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Waterloo to BootleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Inner OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef ILocal cycle route
Middle OrbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
66,500 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
66,500 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Cheilosia · Eristalis tenax
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Gorse · Blackthorn · Coltsfoot · Ribwort Plantain · Cleavers +26
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
66,500 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +30
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Cheilosia · Eristalis tenax
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Gorse · Blackthorn · Coltsfoot · Ribwort Plantain · Cleavers +26
- GorseUlex europaeus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- CleaversGalium aparine
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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