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🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.81766, -3.01461
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Lakeview Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Lakeview Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Evergreen Oak, Common Sorrel +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Blackthorn, Wood Avens +162 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cleavers, Blackthorn, Wood Avens +162 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Coastal WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 220kmRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Fleetwood Peninsula Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Tower WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Park WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Seashell WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
NCN Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,542 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,542 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Magpie · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +30
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Syrphus
Cleavers · Evergreen Oak · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +52
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- DaisyBellis perennis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,542 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Magpie · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +30
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Syrphus
Cleavers · Evergreen Oak · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · Prunus cerasifera var. cerasifera +52
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Evergreen OakQuercus ilex
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Prunus cerasifera var. cerasiferaPrunus cerasifera var. cerasifera
- DaisyBellis perennis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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