🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Places › England › North West › St. Helens Getting here
53.47893, -2.76688
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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 — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Garlic Mustard, Hawthorn +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Sycamore, Garlic Mustard +142 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, Sycamore, Garlic Mustard +142 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Wasp, Western Honey Bee +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Wasp, Western Honey Bee +27 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
Show on map Photos Square Wood on the right and a cycle lane by the Rainford By-Pass
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Wildlife to spot
3,978 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,978 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 53 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +48
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Linnet Linaria cannabina Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Skylark Alauda arvensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Swallow Hirundo rustica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Great Tit Parus major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Stock Dove Columba oenas Raven Corvus corax Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Greylag Goose Anser anser Little Egret Egretta garzetta Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Common Gull Larus canus Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Tree Bumblebee · Glischrochilus hortensis
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Glischrochilus hortensis Glischrochilus hortensis 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Mouse-ear · Marsh Foxtail · Bog Stitchwort · Lesser Trefoil · Amphibious Bistort +5
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus Bog Stitchwort Stellaria alsine Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium Amphibious Bistort Persicaria amphibia Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,978 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 53 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Yellowhammer +48
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Linnet Linaria cannabina Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Robin Erithacus rubecula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Skylark Alauda arvensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Swallow Hirundo rustica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Great Tit Parus major Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Stock Dove Columba oenas Raven Corvus corax Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Greylag Goose Anser anser Little Egret Egretta garzetta Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Common Gull Larus canus Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Tree Bumblebee · Glischrochilus hortensis
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Glischrochilus hortensis Glischrochilus hortensis 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Mouse-ear · Marsh Foxtail · Bog Stitchwort · Lesser Trefoil · Amphibious Bistort +5
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus Bog Stitchwort Stellaria alsine Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium Amphibious Bistort Persicaria amphibia Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Jointed Rush
Jointed Rush
Juncus articulatus2024
Juncus articulatus2024
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2024
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2024
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2024
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2024
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024 