Pool Tail Spinney - Woodland
5 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.74300, -1.75418
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route117 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,696 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,696 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Mute Swan · Moorhen +1
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mole · Pipistrelle
- MoleTalpa europaea
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
7-spot Ladybird · Trioza centranthi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Shining Crane's-bill · Wood Avens · Green Alkanet · Cherry Laurel · Garlic Mustard +95
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,696 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Mute Swan · Moorhen +1
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mole · Pipistrelle
- MoleTalpa europaea
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
7-spot Ladybird · Trioza centranthi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Shining Crane's-bill · Wood Avens · Green Alkanet · Cherry Laurel · Garlic Mustard +95
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
