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Wythenshawe Park

1 ha

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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53.40645, -2.26917

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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 248m away — 12 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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 248m away — 12 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Fox-and-cubs, Butterbur, Lesser Celandine +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Fox-and-cubs, Butterbur, Lesser Celandine +24 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Brown Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Brown Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Ramsons, Hazel, White Dead-nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Ashton-upon-Mersey to Stockport)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 1Walking route11.7 km

GM Ringway Stage 1 - St Peter's Square to Sale Water Park

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 2Walking route10.5 km

GM Ringway Stage 2 - Sale Water Park to Didsbury Village

Named routeLength 10.5 kmRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 3Walking route11.7 km

Named routeLength 11.7 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

331 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Airport Orbital CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Greater Manchester regional route 85Cycling route

Named routeRef 85Regional cycle route

Airport City CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Link between Trans-Pennine Trail and Bridgewater WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Urmston-Ashton cyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

36,741 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,741 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

summerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Rock Dove · Canada Goose +63

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects42 species

autumn

2026

Brown Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Common Carder Bee +37

Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
Platyderus depressusPlatyderus depressus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
SitonaSitona2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025
Eupteryx urticaeEupteryx urticae2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025

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Plants27 species

autumn

2026

Fox-and-cubs · Butterbur · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Ash +22

Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
RamsonsAllium ursinum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
HazelCorylus avellana
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Narrow-Leaved Michaelmas-DaisySymphyotrichum lanceolatum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Dune HelleborineEpipactis dunensis2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,741 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

summerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Rock Dove · Canada Goose +63

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects42 species

autumn

2026

Brown Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Common Carder Bee +37

Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Asaphidion curtumAsaphidion curtum
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
Platyderus depressusPlatyderus depressus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopus2025
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
SitonaSitona2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025
Eupteryx urticaeEupteryx urticae2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025

🌿

Plants27 species

autumn

2026

Fox-and-cubs · Butterbur · Lesser Celandine · Ramsons · Ash +22

Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
RamsonsAllium ursinum
AshFraxinus excelsior
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
HazelCorylus avellana
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Narrow-Leaved Michaelmas-DaisySymphyotrichum lanceolatum2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Dune HelleborineEpipactis dunensis2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Gerald England · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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