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Sugar Stubbs Coverts

2 ha

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.67962, -2.90414

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shelduck and Meadow Pipit
🐕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

🐦102+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shelduck and Meadow Pipit
🐕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

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shelduck, Meadow Pipit, Pink-footed Goose +99 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shelduck, Meadow Pipit, Pink-footed Goose +99 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Flowering Currant, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024; Plants — Flowering Currant, Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Moss Lanepublic footpath · 476 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 476 mPath type: track

Gorsey Lanepublic footpath · 100 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mPath type: unclassified

Bolton's Coppublic footpath · 880 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 880 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

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Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route

Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network

Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route

Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route497 m

Named routeRef 62Length 497 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route62 m

Named routeRef 62Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route6 m

Named routeRef 562Length 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds58 species

autumnwinter

2025

Golden Plover · Pink-footed Goose · Meadow Pipit · Shelduck · Great Black-backed Gull +53

Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CurlewNumenius arquata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RedshankTringa totanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RavenCorvus corax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunlinCalidris alpina
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
Little StintCalidris minuta
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Barn OwlTyto alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GreenshankTringa nebularia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
TealAnas crecca
Rock DoveColumba livia
Ross's GooseAnser rossii
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,250 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumnwinter

2025

Golden Plover · Pink-footed Goose · Meadow Pipit · Shelduck · Great Black-backed Gull +53

Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
CurlewNumenius arquata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RedshankTringa totanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RavenCorvus corax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunlinCalidris alpina
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
Little StintCalidris minuta
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Barn OwlTyto alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GreenshankTringa nebularia
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
TealAnas crecca
Rock DoveColumba livia
Ross's GooseAnser rossii
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Greig · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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