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Getting here

53.43706, -3.03694

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Trichocera regelationis, Red-legged Shieldbug +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Trichocera regelationis, Red-legged Shieldbug +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

149 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Route 56Cycling route

Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network

Waterloo to BootleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 810Cycling route

Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network

Radial Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Inner OrbitalCycling route

Named routeRef ILocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,056 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,056 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Redshank +45

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Sabine's GullXema sabini2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,056 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Redshank +45

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Leach's PetrelHydrobates leucorhous2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
Sabine's GullXema sabini2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 El Pollock · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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