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Local Sites (& a little further a field!)

 

Site Guide

 

A guide to a  number of sites in the immediate Liverpool area, and a little further a field, a brief description is given below with more information available via the links. All the sites included here  can easily be reached by public transport (bus) from Liverpool city centre. A few can be reached with a short walk from the nearest    Merseyrail      Northern Rail Station

 

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Billinge  The highest point in Merseyside, visit the beacon, and a stroll through woodland and farmland. Topped with a cuppa at Fir tree farm.
Childwall Woods & the Black Wood  Public parks in the south of Liverpool, woodland and meadows.
Court Hey Park A public park in Knowsley, home of The National Wildflower Centre, and Landlife. (Broadgreen or Roby Station)
Croxteth Hall Country Park ,  A large country park in the east of the city, former seat of the Earl of Sefton.
Dibbinsdale LNR & Eastham Country Park  Woodland, riverside, meadows, and a great Mersey View point, 2  walks within 2 miles of each other. (Bromborough Station)
Fazakerley Fields  In the north of Liverpool an area of woodland, grassland and recently established reed beds. (Fazakerley Station)
Hale Marsh, Hale Duck Decoy & Pickering's Pasture  On the banks of the River Mersey a few of miles to the South East of Liverpool
Halewood Country Park Former railway sidings now a country park just over the city boundary in Knowsley. (Hunts CrossStation )
Liverpool Parks  Liverpool's municipal parks provide good opportunities for birdwatching across the city.  Calderstones & Sefton Parks
Oglet Bay A readily accessible area of the middle estuary with salt marsh and mud banks. 
Pennington Flash Lakes, visitor centre,  bird-watching hides & nature trails. Leigh. 
Rixton pits & Risley Moss   
The Coach Road & Siding Lane Nature Reserve  Mossland Walks between Kirkby and Bickerstaffe (Rainford Station)  
Tarbock Hall/Dacres Bridge  Rural walk five minutes from the city boundary.
Taylor  Park A public park in Eccleston, deciduous woodland, lakes, visitor centre. 
The Sankey Valley  A country park in St. Helens. (Garswood Station)
Wigan Flashes  Lakes, Canalside & nature trails. . 

 

Mossland Winter Dusk

 

 

 

 

Westwards from Billinge Hill

Link to WWT Main Website       MARTIN MERE Whooper Swan

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