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🦉 Wildlife🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › North West › Salford Getting here
53.48580, -2.26052
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 ☕ CuppaPug — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ CuppaPug — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Rock Dove, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Carrion Crow +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Shaggy Soldier, Giant Hogweed +45 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Shaggy Soldier, Giant Hogweed +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Medlock Valley Way Walking route ▾
Irwell Sculpture Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Irwell Sculpture Trail (spur) Walking route ▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 268 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 60 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 60 National Cycle Network
Show on map Greater Manchester regional route 85 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 85 Regional cycle route
Show on map Broughton Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Media City Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Swinton Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 86 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 86 Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Philips Park Waterdale Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Philips Park Figure 8 trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
19,851 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,851 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie +23
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Raven Corvus corax2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Mergus merganser merganser Mergus merganser merganser2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Tawny Mining Bee · Varied Carpet Beetle
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Shaggy Soldier · Summer Snowflake · Coltsfoot · Butterfly-bush · Oxford Ragwort +6
Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata2025 Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Maidenhair Spleenwort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,851 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Magpie +23
Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Raven Corvus corax2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Mergus merganser merganser Mergus merganser merganser2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Tawny Mining Bee · Varied Carpet Beetle
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Shaggy Soldier · Summer Snowflake · Coltsfoot · Butterfly-bush · Oxford Ragwort +6
Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata2025 Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Oxford Ragwort Senecio squalidus Wall-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria Maidenhair Spleenwort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium trichomanes
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Sea Spleenwort Asplenium marinum
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
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