Warwick Hey Recreation Ground
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › England › North West › Wirral Getting here
53.38834, -3.10435
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ⚽ 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Violet Bramble Rust, Poplar Bells +47 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Violet Bramble Rust, Poplar Bells +47 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Rosemary Beetle, Lesser Yellow Underwing +107 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Rosemary Beetle, Lesser Yellow Underwing +107 more · last seen 2025
Free
Fungi — Hawthorn Twiglet, Beechmast Candlesnuff, Coesyn Melfed +2 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wirral Circular Trail Walking route 60 km ▾
Named route Ref WCT Length 60 km Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Wirral Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 56 National Cycle Network
Show on map Burton Marsh Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 568 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 211 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 211 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Alternative Route Cycling route 359 m ▾
Named route Length 359 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedloose
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 704 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 704 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 171 m ▾
Named route Ref 56 Length 171 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
24,002 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,002 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Herring Gull · Waxwing · Magpie +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus2023 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Swift Apus apus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Siskin Spinus spinus House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 Little Owl Athene noctua2023 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Red Fox +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Bat Chiroptera2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dock Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Batman Hoverfly +15
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024 Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Dark-edged Bee-fly Poplar Bells · Ground Elder Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Peeling Oysterling · Hawthorn Twiglet +4
Poplar Bells Schizophyllum amplum Ground Elder Rust Puccinia aegopodii Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis Hawthorn Twiglet Tubaria dispersa Hygrocybe nigrescens Hygrocybe nigrescens Roundspored Oysterling Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,002 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Herring Gull · Waxwing · Magpie +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus2023 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Swift Apus apus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Siskin Spinus spinus House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 Little Owl Athene noctua2023 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Red Fox +2
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Bat Chiroptera2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dock Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea · Closterotomus trivialis · Batman Hoverfly +15
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024 Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Dark-edged Bee-fly Poplar Bells · Ground Elder Rust · Razor Strop Fungus · Peeling Oysterling · Hawthorn Twiglet +4
Poplar Bells Schizophyllum amplum Ground Elder Rust Puccinia aegopodii Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis Hawthorn Twiglet Tubaria dispersa Hygrocybe nigrescens Hygrocybe nigrescens Roundspored Oysterling Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025
Common Shrew Sorex araneus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2023
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2023
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Brown Chafer Serica brunnea
Brown Chafer Serica brunnea
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes
Syrphus Syrphus2024
Syrphus Syrphus2024
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2023
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2023
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023 Crepidotus cesatii
Crepidotus cesatii
Geranium Rust Uromyces geranii
Geranium Rust Uromyces geranii
Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum
Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum 