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Places › England › North West › Wirral Getting here
53.38602, -3.09850
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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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ The Stonehouse Caffe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ The Stonehouse Caffe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rosemary Beetle, Lily Beetle, Dock Bug +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rosemary Beetle, Lily Beetle, Dock Bug +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Poplar Bells, Ground Elder Rust, Blackening Waxcap +6 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Poplar Bells, Ground Elder Rust, Blackening Waxcap +6 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wirral Circular Trail Walking route 60 km ▾
Named route Ref WCT Length 60 km Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Wirral Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 97 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 56 National Cycle Network
Show on map Burton Marsh Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 568 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 211 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 211 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Alternative Route Cycling route 359 m ▾
Named route Length 359 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedloose
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 704 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 704 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 171 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 171 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
12,394 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,394 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rock Dove Columba livia Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Siskin Spinus spinus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Swift Apus apus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goosander Mergus merganser Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rook Corvus frugilegus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common Gull Larus canus House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew +1
Bat Chiroptera2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Orange Ladybird +9
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Violet Bramble Rust · Poplar Bells · Ground Elder Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Peeling Oysterling +4
Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum Poplar Bells Schizophyllum amplum Ground Elder Rust Puccinia aegopodii Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis Hawthorn Twiglet Tubaria dispersa Hygrocybe nigrescens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,394 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rock Dove Columba livia Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stock Dove Columba oenas Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Siskin Spinus spinus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Swift Apus apus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goosander Mergus merganser Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Rook Corvus frugilegus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common Gull Larus canus House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Common Shrew +1
Bat Chiroptera2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Orange Ladybird +9
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Violet Bramble Rust · Poplar Bells · Ground Elder Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Peeling Oysterling +4
Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum Poplar Bells Schizophyllum amplum Ground Elder Rust Puccinia aegopodii Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis Hawthorn Twiglet Tubaria dispersa Hygrocybe nigrescens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Soprano Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Brown Chafer Serica brunnea
Brown Chafer Serica brunnea
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Chalcosyrphus nemorum Chalcosyrphus nemorum2024
Chalcosyrphus nemorum Chalcosyrphus nemorum2024 Hygrocybe nigrescens
Hygrocybe nigrescens
Roundspored Oysterling Crepidotus cesatii
Roundspored Oysterling Crepidotus cesatii
Geranium Rust Uromyces geranii
Geranium Rust Uromyces geranii 