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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
53.27195, -2.90278
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Woodpigeon +25 more · last seen 2026; Nature reserve
Free
Nature reserve; Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Woodpigeon +25 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Floating Pennywort, Guelder-rose, Tutsan +54 more · last seen 2025; Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Xylota segnis, Azure Damselfly +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
North Cheshire Way (Chester Spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brown RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BrownLocal cycle route
Route 563Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Photos
Environmental Artwork, Whitby Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
35,327 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,327 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Moorhen +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Noctule
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Pond Terrapin · Yellow-bellied Slider · Common Lizard
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Xylota segnis · Azure Damselfly · Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug +39
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Floating Pennywort · Guelder-rose · Tutsan · Hogweed · Yew +52
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- YewTaxus baccata
- English ElmUlmus procera2024
- Marsh Yellow-cress
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,327 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Moorhen +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Noctule
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Pond Terrapin · Yellow-bellied Slider · Common Lizard
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Xylota segnis · Azure Damselfly · Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug +39
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Floating Pennywort · Guelder-rose · Tutsan · Hogweed · Yew +52
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- YewTaxus baccata
- English ElmUlmus procera2024
- Marsh Yellow-cress
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rorippa palustris2024
Rorippa palustris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2024Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2024Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024Events & activities nearby
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