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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › North West › West Lancashire Getting here
53.66178, -2.93698
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Rock Dove +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Rock Dove +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Beech, Three-cornered Garlic, Small Nettle +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Sowbread, Ivy +106 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Sowbread, Ivy +106 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Early Bumblebee, 7-spot Ladybird +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Early Bumblebee, 7-spot Ladybird +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to Liverpool Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Reedbed Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 562 National Cycle Network
Show on map Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 91 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 62 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 National Cycle Network
Show on map Shrimp Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map N/A Cycling route 63 m ▾
Named route Length 63 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 147 m ▾
Named route Ref 562 Length 147 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
16,558 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,558 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Mole · Brown Hare
Mole Talpa europaea Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Migrant Hawker · Red-legged Shieldbug
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Wall-rue · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Primrose · Sowbread · Pendulous Sedge +10
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Taxus baccata f. baccata Taxus baccata f. baccata Primrose Primula vulgaris Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula Yew Taxus baccata Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,558 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Mole · Brown Hare
Mole Talpa europaea Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Migrant Hawker · Red-legged Shieldbug
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Wall-rue · Taxus baccata f. baccata · Primrose · Sowbread · Pendulous Sedge +10
Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Taxus baccata f. baccata Taxus baccata f. baccata Primrose Primula vulgaris Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula Yew Taxus baccata Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana
Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Garden Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium
Garden Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum 