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Wirral Country Park

3 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.35717, -3.17079

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turnstone +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turnstone +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly, Cuckoo-Spit Insect +27 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, White-stemmed Bramble, Common Nettle

Varies

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh Border

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wirral WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route174 m

Named routeRef 89Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

N/ACycling route16 m

Named routeRef 89Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

N/ACycling route10 m

Named routeRef 89Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route24 m

Named routeRef 89Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route128 m

Named routeRef 89Length 128 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

15,420 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,420 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Turnstone · Redshank · Black-headed Gull · Shelduck +55

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tringa totanus robustaTringa totanus robusta2025
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Alexanders Rust

Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

White-stemmed Bramble

White-stemmed BrambleRubus cockburnianus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,420 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Turnstone · Redshank · Black-headed Gull · Shelduck +55

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tringa totanus robustaTringa totanus robusta2025
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Alexanders Rust

Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

White-stemmed Bramble

White-stemmed BrambleRubus cockburnianus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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