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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 8 ha
Places › England › North West › St. Helens Getting here
53.48822, -2.73096
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Ramsons, Blackthorn, Sweet Chestnut +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Scathophaga stercoraria, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +51 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Scathophaga stercoraria, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Pineappleweed, Ramsons +72 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Pineappleweed, Ramsons +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear Park Walking route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Paranchus albipes
Paranchus albipes
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Badister bullatus Badister bullatus2025
Badister bullatus Badister bullatus2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Garden Radish Raphanus sativus
Garden Radish Raphanus sativus
Russian Comfrey Symphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Russian Comfrey Symphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Osier Salix viminalis
Osier Salix viminalis
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Woodruff Galium odoratum
Woodruff Galium odoratum
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia
Great Horsetail Equisetum telmateia
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana
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