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St Margaret's Church

📷 Anthony O'Neil · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Alder Leaf Beetle +34 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Alder Leaf Beetle +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: GM Ringway Stage 18

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Bollin Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km

GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

76 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route

Airport City CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Irlam & Cadishead CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef ICCLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,178 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,178 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Rock Dove · Blackbird +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
CootFulica atra
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2026

Small White · Speckled Wood · Alder Leaf Beetle · Large White · Meadow Brown +32

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
EupteryxEupteryx2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,178 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

winterspring

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Rock Dove · Blackbird +69

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
CootFulica atra
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects37 species

springsummer

2026

Small White · Speckled Wood · Alder Leaf Beetle · Large White · Meadow Brown +32

Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
EupteryxEupteryx2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2025
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anthony O'Neil · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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