Darcel's Rough - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.86061, -1.90025
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
Photos
View to Broomfields Farm from the B5013
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Wildlife to spot
3,679 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,679 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Great Tit +38
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
🦌Mammals15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Mole · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat +10
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Corizus hyoscyami · Greater Horntail Wasp
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Ground-ivy · Goat Willow · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +8
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,679 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Great Tit +38
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- CurlewNumenius arquata2020
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
- NuthatchSitta europaea2020
🦌Mammals15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Mole · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat +10
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Corizus hyoscyami · Greater Horntail Wasp
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
🌿Plants13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Ground-ivy · Goat Willow · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +8
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022YewTaxus baccata2022YewTaxus baccata2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2022Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2022CowslipPrimula veris2022CowslipPrimula veris2022SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2022SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Events & activities nearby
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