Hayend Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.77002, -1.83976
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
- 🌿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 welcome
Deciduous 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 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional 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
2 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
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Wildlife to spot
663 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
663 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Lapwing · Yellowhammer · House Sparrow +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- Great TitParus major2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- MagpiePica pica2019
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2019
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2020
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Otter · Mole · Brown Hare +8
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- American Mink
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Green Shieldbug · Small White · Gatekeeper · Hydropsyche pellucidula · Brachycentrus subnubilus +31
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019
- Brachycentrus subnubilusBrachycentrus subnubilus2019
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
Lords-and-Ladies
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
663 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Lapwing · Yellowhammer · House Sparrow +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- Great TitParus major2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2019
- MagpiePica pica2019
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2019
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2020
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2018
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Otter · Mole · Brown Hare +8
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- American Mink
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Green Shieldbug · Small White · Gatekeeper · Hydropsyche pellucidula · Brachycentrus subnubilus +31
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019
- Brachycentrus subnubilusBrachycentrus subnubilus2019
- Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
Lords-and-Ladies
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Neovison vison2022
Neovison vison2022
BatChiroptera2021BatChiroptera2021Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020ShrewSoricidae2023ShrewSoricidae2023NoctuleNyctalus noctula2021NoctuleNyctalus noctula2021Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2021Myotis Bat speciesMyotis20212019
2019
Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2019Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2019Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2019Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2019Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataHornetVespa crabro2022HornetVespa crabro2022Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2021Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2021Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2021Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2020Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2020PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2019Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2019Ceraclea dissimilisCeraclea dissimilis2019Ceraclea dissimilisCeraclea dissimilis2019Ithytrichia lamellarisIthytrichia lamellaris2019Ithytrichia lamellarisIthytrichia lamellaris2019Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2019Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2019Oecetis testaceaOecetis testacea2019Oecetis testaceaOecetis testacea2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Events & activities nearby
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