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Withington Hall

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Coot
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tufted Duck and Coot
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tufted Duck, Coot, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Hawthorn · last seen 2025; Plants — Hawthorn · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Messuage Lane Nature WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

South Cheshire Market Towns TrailWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km

Buxton to Northwich

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Route 573Cycling route

Named routeRef 573National Cycle Network

Route 71Cycling route

Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Wizard TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cheshire Cheese LoopCycling route

Named routeRef Cheshire Cheese LoopLocal cycle route

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

68,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

68,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Lapwing +53

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
GadwallMareca strepera2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Eristalis

EristalisEristalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

68,568 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Lapwing +53

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
GadwallMareca strepera2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Eristalis

EristalisEristalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Law · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Withington Hall milepost in its setting

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