View from Runcorn Hill

nice climbs with great views over the mersey, the wirral and wales

Runcorn Hill (park & local nature reserve) is situated in the heart of Runcorn (old town). Commanding panoramic views over the Mersey Estuary looking north west to Liverpool, south west to the Welsh hills and south east to Frodsham and Delamere. The habitats cover lowland heath with scattered scrub of gorse, silver birch, wooded hillside, formal parkland, playing fields and recreational small lake. The football fields to the east of the site alongside Park Road are good for Black-headed Gull loitering and good numbers of Jackdaw. Since 2016 a Nordic (type) Jackdaw has been present with its fellow corvids.The East Quarry is an area of heath with patches of bramble and silver birch. A small pool attracts passerines to bathe and drink and can be good for spring and autumn migrants. Common Redstart, Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler are possible with Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Lesser Redpoll an Great Spotted Woodpeckers the more usual species to be encountered.