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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 239m 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 239m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlaygroundToilets

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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Butterfly-bush, Common Ragwort, Yarrow +73 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Common Ragwort, Yarrow +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Hazel, Elder +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Common Darter, Ruddy Darter +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Warrington to Ashton-upon-Mersey)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Mersey WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

New Cut TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

91 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

3 Woolston to BirchwoodCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route

Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route

2 Warrington WatersCycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

1 Great Sankey to HospitalCycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route

8 Black Bear ParkCycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

54,811 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,811 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +75

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects44 species

summerautumn

2026

Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Brown Hawker +39

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
SitonaSitona2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Gorytes laticinctusGorytes laticinctus2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025

🌿

Plants76 species

autumn

2026

Butterfly-bush · Common Ragwort · Yarrow · Daisy · White Dead-nettle +71

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
DaisyBellis perennis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2025
Tithonia rotundifoliaTithonia rotundifolia2025
Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum2025
Turkish HazelCorylus colurna2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa2025
Narrow-Leaved Michaelmas-DaisySymphyotrichum lanceolatum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
TansyTanacetum vulgare2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
VervainVerbena officinalis2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,811 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +75

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CootFulica atra2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Rabbit

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects44 species

summerautumn

2026

Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Brown Hawker +39

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
SitonaSitona2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2025
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Gorytes laticinctusGorytes laticinctus2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025

🌿

Plants76 species

autumn

2026

Butterfly-bush · Common Ragwort · Yarrow · Daisy · White Dead-nettle +71

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
DaisyBellis perennis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
CornflowerCentaurea cyanus2025
Mexican AsterCosmos bipinnatus2025
Tithonia rotundifoliaTithonia rotundifolia2025
Crimson FlaxLinum grandiflorum2025
Turkish HazelCorylus colurna2025
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2025
BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Curled DockRumex crispus2025
Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa2025
Narrow-Leaved Michaelmas-DaisySymphyotrichum lanceolatum2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
TansyTanacetum vulgare2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
VervainVerbena officinalis2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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