Audley's Cross, 240m SSW of Audley's Cross Farmhouse
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.91422, -2.42599
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Greylag Goose
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Greylag Goose
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Greylag Goose, Wren +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Mole, Rabbit, Hedgehog +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Peacock +43 more · last seen 2023
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 552Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route6.9 km▾
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Audley's Cross, Blore Heath near Market Drayton
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Wildlife to spot
3,205 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,205 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Gadwall · Jackdaw · Greylag Goose +52
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Rat +2
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Large Red Damselfly · Vine Weevil
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,205 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Gadwall · Jackdaw · Greylag Goose +52
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Rat +2
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Large Red Damselfly · Vine Weevil
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2023Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2023