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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.60761, -2.74804
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Ground-elder +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral +119 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral +119 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Gorse +114 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Gorse +114 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Punctelia subrudecta s. lat. · last seen 2012; Fungi — Punctelia subrudecta s. lat. · last seen 2012
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Harrock Lanepublic footpath · 550 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 550 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route317 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 317 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
3 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,184 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,184 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wasp · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper +7
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Himalayan Balsam · Musk-mallow · Turkish Sage · Broom +2
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana2024
- BroomCytisus scoparius2024
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,184 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Stoat
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- StoatMustela erminea2023
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Wasp · Endomychus coccineus · Slender Ground-hopper +7
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2024
Italian Lords-and-Ladies · Himalayan Balsam · Musk-mallow · Turkish Sage · Broom +2
- Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Turkish SagePhlomis russeliana2024
- BroomCytisus scoparius2024
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Ferdinandea cuprea2024
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2024Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae20242024
2024
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023