Freehay Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.96594, -1.98086
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
3,392 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,392 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Face Fly · Stenophylax permistus · Vine Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis +9
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Holly · Lesser Celandine · Common Nettle · Herb-Robert · Daisy +54
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,392 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Face Fly · Stenophylax permistus · Vine Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis +9
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Holly · Lesser Celandine · Common Nettle · Herb-Robert · Daisy +54
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025BaetisBaetis2025BaetisBaetis2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Wood Avens
Wood Avens
Geum urbanum2025
Geum urbanum2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025HawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025TutsanHypericum androsaemum2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisSelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025Rock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizum2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Broad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifolius2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2025Lamb's-earStachys byzantina2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025KerriaKerria japonica2025KerriaKerria japonica2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025