Windmill Animal Farm
22 ha
Plan your visit
🐄Farms🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
53.63272, -2.86967
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shelduck and Lapwing
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Windmill Animal Farm on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shelduck and Lapwing
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Windmill Animal Farm on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shelduck, Lapwing, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Shelduck, Lapwing, Mallard +82 more · last seen 2026; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reedbed WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 562Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route803 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 803 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Photos
The Windmill at Windmill Animal Farm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
226,374 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
226,374 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Shelduck · Greylag Goose · Lapwing · Kestrel · Chaffinch +46
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Weevil
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Marsh-marigold · Coltsfoot · Stag's-horn Sumach · Cleavers · Herb-Robert +5
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
226,374 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspring
2026▾
Shelduck · Greylag Goose · Lapwing · Kestrel · Chaffinch +46
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Mole
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Weevil
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Marsh-marigold · Coltsfoot · Stag's-horn Sumach · Cleavers · Herb-Robert +5
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Stag's-horn SumachRhus typhina
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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