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Sproston Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

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Getting here

53.20360, -2.39428

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock +29 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Turkeytail, Clustered Domecap, Razor Strop Fungus +2 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Turkeytail, Clustered Domecap, Razor Strop Fungus +2 more · last seen 2024

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km

Buxton to Northwich

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

South Cheshire Market Towns TrailWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Cheese LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Cheshire Cheese LoopLocal cycle route

Route 573Cycling route

Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 71Cycling route

Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route784 m

Named routeRef 573Length 784 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route111 m

Named routeRef 573Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pochard · Pintail +46

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PochardAythya ferina2024
PintailAnas acuta2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2023
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
BitternBotaurus stellaris2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
RavenCorvus corax2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2019

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +3

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Pine MartenMartes martes
BadgerMeles meles2020
OtterLutra lutra2019

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2025

Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Rosemary Beetle · Red Admiral · Peacock +27

Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Phaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorum
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2021
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2020
Dasineura pustulansDasineura pustulans2020
Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2020
Common Spangle GallNeuroterus quercusbaccarum2020
Dasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmaria2020
Silk-Button Spangle GallNeuroterus numismalis2020
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2020
Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019

🍄

Fungi5 species

winter

2024

Turkeytail · Clustered Domecap · Razor Strop Fungus · Hoof Fungus · Birch Woodwart

TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Clustered DomecapLyophyllum decastes
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pochard · Pintail +46

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PochardAythya ferina2024
PintailAnas acuta2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2023
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
GoosanderMergus merganser2022
BitternBotaurus stellaris2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
RavenCorvus corax2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2019

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +3

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
Pine MartenMartes martes
BadgerMeles meles2020
OtterLutra lutra2019

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2025

Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Rosemary Beetle · Red Admiral · Peacock +27

Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Phaonia tuguriorumPhaonia tuguriorum
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2021
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2020
Dasineura pustulansDasineura pustulans2020
Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2020
Common Spangle GallNeuroterus quercusbaccarum2020
Dasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmaria2020
Silk-Button Spangle GallNeuroterus numismalis2020
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2020
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2020
Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2020
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019

🍄

Fungi5 species

winter

2024

Turkeytail · Clustered Domecap · Razor Strop Fungus · Hoof Fungus · Birch Woodwart

TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Clustered DomecapLyophyllum decastes
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis

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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