Knightley Park - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.80545, -1.71715
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional 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
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route96 m▾
Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route144 m▾
Named routeLength 144 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Decormount, Knightley Farm, Callingwood
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5,719 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,719 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2024▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Little Egret · Coal Tit +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Mole · Field Vole · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +3
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hill Cuckoo Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +7
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Greater Stitchwort · Garlic Mustard · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Green Alkanet · Bluebell
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,719 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2024▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Little Egret · Coal Tit +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
Mole · Field Vole · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +3
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hill Cuckoo Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +7
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Greater Stitchwort · Garlic Mustard · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Green Alkanet · Bluebell
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Brown HareLepus europaeusBrown HareLepus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva2023
Rhagonycha fulva2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021