Nature & Wildlife

Sefton boasts the largest area of undeveloped dunes and coastal woodland in England, with an abundance of nature and wildlife.

The Coastal sites along the coast support a haven for over 1,000 species of plants and numerous species of fauna. Red squirrels scurry across carpets of pine needles, rare wildflowers dapple the sand dunes, a submerged fo*rest appears at low-tide and old lanes wind to Britain's first lifeboat station. The Sandhills and Dunes are internationally important for their tremendous biodiversity of plant, animal, bird and insect species.

Our coast has been given many protective areas and is also internationally important for its rare dune habitats and species, including reptiles and amphibians such as the Sand Lizard and Natterjack Toad.

It's great, too, for kite-flyers, beachcombers, birdwatchers and those simply in search of glorious beaches on which to top up that tan!