Dilhorne Wood - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.99862, -2.04639
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
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,649 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,649 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Raven · Lapwing · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Robin +40
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +8
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2022
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Broad-bodied Chaser · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Slender Ground-hopper
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2021
Broad-leaved Dock · Sycamore · Elder · Golden Crocus · Yew +14
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,649 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Raven · Lapwing · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Robin +40
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +8
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2022
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · Broad-bodied Chaser · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Slender Ground-hopper
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2021
Broad-leaved Dock · Sycamore · Elder · Golden Crocus · Yew +14
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red DeerCervus elaphusRed DeerCervus elaphusBrown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Indet. DeerCervidae2023Indet. DeerCervidae2023Roe DeerCapreolus capreolusRoe DeerCapreolus capreolusShrewSoricidae2023ShrewSoricidae2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2021Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2021Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021BrambleRubus fruticosus2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2021Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2021Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2021Common CouchElymus repens2021Common CouchElymus repens2021Red CampionSilene dioica2021Red CampionSilene dioica2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2021Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2021