Wincham Linnards Lane Playing Field
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.28403, -2.46887
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blue Tit +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Blue Tit +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Ocys tachysoides, Cartodere bifasciata +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route▾
Saltscape TrailWalking route▾
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 573Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network
Biking the BackroadsCycling route▾
Named routeRef Biking the BackroadsLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route79 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 79 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,177 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,177 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Coot · Chiffchaff +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Mole · Soprano Pipistrelle
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Greater Horntail Wasp · Platycheirus albimanus · Sphaerophoria · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Bramble · Great Willowherb · Wild Angelica · Thistle · Hogweed +122
- BrambleRubus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- ThistleCirsium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,177 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Coot · Chiffchaff +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Mole · Soprano Pipistrelle
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Greater Horntail Wasp · Platycheirus albimanus · Sphaerophoria · Batman Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Bramble · Great Willowherb · Wild Angelica · Thistle · Hogweed +122
- BrambleRubus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- ThistleCirsium
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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