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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
53.37510, -2.73072
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +45 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Rock Dove +45 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Daisy, Field Maple +145 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mersey Valley Timberland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Runcorn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Runcorn LoopLocal cycle route
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Rock Dove · Mallard · Woodpigeon +16
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
Cow Parsley · Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup · Daisy · Cherry Laurel +60
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,771 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Rock Dove · Mallard · Woodpigeon +16
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Harlequin Ladybird · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
Cow Parsley · Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup · Daisy · Cherry Laurel +60
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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