North Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.95502, -1.96010
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
Signed route nearby
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,639 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,639 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Sandpiper · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +32
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis · 22-spot Ladybird · Face Fly · Batman Hoverfly +3
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- 7-spot Ladybird
Cow Parsley · Herb-Robert · Holly · Daisy · Ribwort Plantain +48
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,639 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Sandpiper · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw +32
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis · 22-spot Ladybird · Face Fly · Batman Hoverfly +3
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- 7-spot Ladybird
Cow Parsley · Herb-Robert · Holly · Daisy · Ribwort Plantain +48
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
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