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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.43609, -2.75841
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 155m away — 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 155m away — 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 — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hogweed, Elder, Cow Parsley +91 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hogweed, Elder, Cow Parsley +91 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Elder, Beech +9 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 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
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Wildlife to spot
31,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Daubenton's Bat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird · Cantharis livida +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Alder Leaf Beetle
Beech · Common Ragwort · Elder · Shepherd's-purse · Taxus baccata f. baccata +26
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,083 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Daubenton's Bat +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-tailed Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird · Cantharis livida +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cantharis lividaCantharis livida
- Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
- Alder Leaf Beetle
Beech · Common Ragwort · Elder · Shepherd's-purse · Taxus baccata f. baccata +26
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2025
Talpa europaea2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025Agelastica alni
Agelastica alni
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataRowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2025