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Thatto Heath Crusaders

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📷 Raymond Knapman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 96m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 96m away — 2 car parks within reach

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yellow-rattle, Centaurea nigra, Common Ragwort +87 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yellow-rattle, Centaurea nigra, Common Ragwort +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Elder, Common Nettle +10 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Harlequin Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Harlequin Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 856Cycling route

Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network

Sankey Canal TrailCycling route

Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route8 m

Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route140 m

Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route39 m

Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Canada Goose +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RavenCorvus corax2023

🦌

Mammals9 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
FrogRana

🐝

Insects15 species

springsummer

2025

Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +10

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023

🌿

Plants90 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Yellow-rattle · Centaurea nigra · Common Ragwort · Meadow Vetchling · Southern Marsh-orchid +85

Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
IvyHedera helix2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BalmMelissa officinalis2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
OsmanthusOsmanthus2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Canada Goose +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
RavenCorvus corax2023

🦌

Mammals9 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria
FrogRana

🐝

Insects15 species

springsummer

2025

Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +10

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023

🌿

Plants90 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Yellow-rattle · Centaurea nigra · Common Ragwort · Meadow Vetchling · Southern Marsh-orchid +85

Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
IvyHedera helix2025
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BalmMelissa officinalis2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Highclere HollyIlex aquifolium x perado = I. x altaclerensis2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
OsmanthusOsmanthus2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Raymond Knapman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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