Went and checked out Davyhulmes Millenium Nature Reserve at the weekend with Blue our Cane Corso, the whole site covers about 8 hectares of land along side about 3/4 mile of the west bank of Manchesters Ship Canal , the reserve is a mixed landscape of wetland, woods, water features & open land.
You can do everything from bird watching, walking, cycling there as well as having a traditional picnic on one of the benchs provided.
The site is owned and maintained by United Utilities and part of it is a designated Site of Biological Importance.