Editing Runcorn (section)

===Ecology===
[[File:The Manchester Ship Canal looking towards Wigg Island from Astmoor in Runcorn.jpg|thumb|[[Wigg Island]] local nature reserve across the Manchester Ship Canal]]
There are two [[Site of Special Scientific Interest|Sites of Special Scientific Interest]] within the town: [[Floodbrook Clough]] and the Mersey Estuary.<ref name="Halton Landscape Character Assessment 2008" /> Floodbrook Clough in Beechwood is an [[Ancient woodland|Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland]] and one of the best examples in Cheshire of clough woodland on [[keuper marl]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/floodbrook-clough/ |title=Floodbrook Clough |publisher=Woodland Trust |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929140235/https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/floodbrook-clough/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are five [[Local nature reserve|Local Nature Reserves]] designated under the [[National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949]]: Runcorn Hill, Dorchester Park, Oxmoor Woods, Wigg Island and Murdishaw Valley.<ref name="Halton Landscape Character Assessment 2008" />