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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
53.37358, -3.02178
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 105m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 105m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Rock Dove, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Brimstone +91 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 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
130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Clatterbridge Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 810Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 810National Cycle Network
Radial Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Radial Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,927 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,927 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull +32
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Badger · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Helophilus pendulus +33
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Chrysotoxum festivum
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hogweed · Raspberry · Yellow-rattle · Common Nettle
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,927 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRock Dove · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Herring Gull +32
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Badger · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Helophilus pendulus +33
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Chrysotoxum festivum
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hogweed · Raspberry · Yellow-rattle · Common Nettle
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Chrysotoxum festivum2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025Dasysyrphus tricinctusDasysyrphus tricinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025ScathophagaScathophaga2025ScathophagaScathophaga2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025