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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Salford Getting here
53.53203, -2.40447
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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 🛝 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 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 — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Common Sorrel, Garlic Mustard +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Shepherd's-purse, Zigzag Clover +103 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Shepherd's-purse, Zigzag Clover +103 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Salford Trail Walking route ▾
The Salford Trail is a continuous walk along permitted footpaths and roads, all within the city of Salford. The paths covered are varied, being through historic heritage areas, along river and canal side, taking in country parks, fields, moss lands, inner
Named route Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
Regional Route 80 Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Moss Bank Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bradley Fold Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Linnyshaw Loopline Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Swinton Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Port Salford Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
20,722 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,722 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie · Starling +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Common Wasp · Fever Fly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Buckthorn · Zigzag Clover · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Snowdrop · Gorse +13
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica2025 Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium2025 Taxus baccata f. baccata Taxus baccata f. baccata Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Gorse Ulex europaeus Hazel Corylus avellana2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,722 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie · Starling +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Gadwall Mareca strepera Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2025 Common Wasp · Fever Fly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Buckthorn · Zigzag Clover · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Snowdrop · Gorse +13
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica2025 Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium2025 Taxus baccata f. baccata Taxus baccata f. baccata Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Gorse Ulex europaeus Hazel Corylus avellana2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nipplewort
Nipplewort
Lapsana communis2025
Lapsana communis2025
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris2025
Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris2025
Common Couch Elymus repens2025
Common Couch Elymus repens2025
Fat-hen Chenopodium album2025
Fat-hen Chenopodium album2025
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2025
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2025
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria2025
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025
Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia2025
Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia2025
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica2025
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica2025
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea2025
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea2025
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2025
Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025
False Fox-sedge Carex otrubae2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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