Brick Kiln Covert - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Lichfield Getting here
52.63195, -1.80358
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 161km Regional walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- Canal Route Walking route 19 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named route Ref TW-C Length 19 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Sutton Park Archeology Walk 1: Streetly Gate Walking route ▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via a roman road, medevial deer park, prehistoric mounds, medeval pond, and 16th century wood.
Named route Ref AW1SG Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- River Route Walking route 29 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~9h
Named route Ref TW-R Length 29 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map E2 hiking trail Birmingham Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
McClean Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
823 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 823 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 29 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Yellow Wagtail · Grey Partridge · Whinchat · Yellowhammer · Woodpigeon +24
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2021 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2022 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Skylark Alauda arvensis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2021 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Martin Delichon urbicum Blackbird Turdus merula Swallow Hirundo rustica Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2020 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2020 Siskin Spinus spinus2020 Swift Apus apus2020 Doves, pigeons Columbidae2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac +1
Mole Talpa europaea2023 Badger Meles meles2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +28
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Small White Pieris rapae2018 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Common Sorrel · Rhododendron · Himalayan Balsam · Spear Thistle · Bramble +30
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2019 Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum2019 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2021 Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2019 Bramble Rubus fruticosus2019 Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 823 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 29 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Yellow Wagtail · Grey Partridge · Whinchat · Yellowhammer · Woodpigeon +24
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2021 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2022 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Skylark Alauda arvensis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2021 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Martin Delichon urbicum Blackbird Turdus merula Swallow Hirundo rustica Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2020 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2020 Siskin Spinus spinus2020 Swift Apus apus2020 Doves, pigeons Columbidae2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac +1
Mole Talpa europaea2023 Badger Meles meles2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red Admiral · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +28
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Small White Pieris rapae2018 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Common Sorrel · Rhododendron · Himalayan Balsam · Spear Thistle · Bramble +30
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2019 Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum2019 Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2021 Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2019 Bramble Rubus fruticosus2019 Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2021 2018
2018
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2019
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2018
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2018
Comma Polygonia c-album2018
Comma Polygonia c-album2018
Green-veined White Pieris napi2018
Green-veined White Pieris napi2018
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Anaspis maculata Anaspis maculata
Anaspis maculata Anaspis maculata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2022
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus2022
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2017
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2017
Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida2016
Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida2016
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2016
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2016
Hill Cuckoo Bee Bombus rupestris2016
Hill Cuckoo Bee Bombus rupestris2016
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2016
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2016
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2016
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2016
Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum2016
Common Furrow Bee Lasioglossum calceatum2016
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2016
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2016
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2016
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2016
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina2016
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina2016
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2016
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2016
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2016
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans2016 2019
2019
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2019
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2019
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2019
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2019
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2019
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens2019
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2019
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2019
Gorse Ulex europaeus2022
Gorse Ulex europaeus2022
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2019
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2019
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus2019
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus2019
White Clover Trifolium repens2019
White Clover Trifolium repens2019
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2019
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2019
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2019
Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria graminea2019
Curled Dock / Broad-leaved Dock Rumex crispus/obtusifolius2019
Curled Dock / Broad-leaved Dock Rumex crispus/obtusifolius2019
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale
White Comfrey Symphytum orientale
Field Maple Acer campestre2022
Field Maple Acer campestre2022
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris2022
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris2022
Small Nettle Urtica urens2021
Small Nettle Urtica urens2021
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2021
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2021
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2021
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2021
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2021
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2021
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2021
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2021
Red-berried Elder Sambucus racemosa2020
Red-berried Elder Sambucus racemosa2020
Green Nightshade Solanum nitidibaccatum2020
Green Nightshade Solanum nitidibaccatum2020
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2019
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2019
White Campion Silene latifolia2019
White Campion Silene latifolia2019
Cleavers Galium aparine2019
Cleavers Galium aparine2019
Red Campion Silene dioica2019
Red Campion Silene dioica2019
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2019
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2019
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2019
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris2019
Hairy Tare Ervilia hirsuta2019
Hairy Tare Ervilia hirsuta2019
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush Juncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2019
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact Rush Juncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2019 