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Bisphill Plantation

2 ha

BirdsWildlifeForaging

Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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52.70007, -1.73535

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Mallard
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Mallard
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Tufted Duck +97 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Lapwing, Mallard, Tufted Duck +97 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Syrphus, Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025; Insects — Syrphus, Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Climbing Corydalis, Foxglove +2 more · last seen 2026; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Climbing Corydalis, Foxglove +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

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

E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

19 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 route36 m

Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route469 m

Named routeRef 54Length 469 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

28,837 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,837 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds103 species

springsummer

2026

Lapwing · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot +98

LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly

SyrphusSyrphus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2026

White Dead-nettle · Climbing Corydalis · Foxglove · Herb-Robert · Common Nettle

White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,837 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds103 species

springsummer

2026

Lapwing · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot +98

LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black TernChlidonias niger2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly

SyrphusSyrphus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2026

White Dead-nettle · Climbing Corydalis · Foxglove · Herb-Robert · Common Nettle

White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Poyser · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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