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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › North West › Cheshire East Getting here
53.31882, -2.25048
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 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, Magpie, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Green Tiger Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +118 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dock Bug, Green Tiger Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +118 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fred Perry Way Walking route ▾
North Cheshire Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 114km Regional walking route
Show on map Wizard Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bollin Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport Orbital Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Airport City Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Heritage Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Heritage Loop Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network 56 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 56 National Cycle Network
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Strawberry Lane restricted byway · 275 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 275 m Path type: track
Show on map Strawberry Lane restricted byway · 352 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 352 m Path type: residential
Show on map Photos Black Lake, Lindow Common
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Wildlife to spot
29,044 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 29,044 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen +30
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Leisler's Bat +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri2025 Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dock Bug · Anthocomus rufus · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter +8
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Green Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 29,044 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen +30
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Grey Squirrel · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Leisler's Bat +4
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Leisler's Bat Nyctalus leisleri2025 Mole Talpa europaea 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dock Bug · Anthocomus rufus · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter +8
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Green Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2025
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2025
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2025
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2025
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2025 Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Psyllopsis fraxini Psyllopsis fraxini
Psyllopsis fraxini Psyllopsis fraxini
Black Darter Sympetrum danae
Black Darter Sympetrum danae
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
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