Wrench's Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Newcastle-under-Lyme Getting here
53.03259, -2.37172
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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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Walk around Wybunbury Walking route ▾
Newcastle Way Walking route 40 km ▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named route Length 40 km Regional walking route
Show on map South Cheshire Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 51km Regional walking route
Show on map Crewe and Nantwich Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 551 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 551 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 619 m ▾
Named route Ref 551 Length 619 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 777 m ▾
Named route Ref 551 Length 777 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 59 m ▾
Named route Ref 551 Length 59 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 203 m ▾
Named route Ref 551 Length 203 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,800 records · National Biodiversity Network Chiffchaff · Redwing · Swallow · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +39
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rook Corvus frugilegus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Rabbit · Otter · Badger +2
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Otter Lutra lutra Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Mesembrina meridiana · Sericomyia silentis · Cicadella viridis · Batman Hoverfly · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +9
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Sycamore · Germander Speedwell · Garlic Mustard · Hogweed · Rosebay Willowherb +18
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025 Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025 Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025 Cut-leaved Dead-nettle Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,800 records · National Biodiversity Network Chiffchaff · Redwing · Swallow · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +39
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rook Corvus frugilegus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Redpoll (cabaret/flammea) Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Rabbit · Otter · Badger +2
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Mole Talpa europaea Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Otter Lutra lutra Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Mesembrina meridiana · Sericomyia silentis · Cicadella viridis · Batman Hoverfly · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +9
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Sycamore · Germander Speedwell · Garlic Mustard · Hogweed · Rosebay Willowherb +18
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025 Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025 Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025 Cut-leaved Dead-nettle Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harvest Mouse
Harvest Mouse
Micromys minutus2024
Micromys minutus2024
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Lamium hybridum
Lamium hybridum
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Chicory Cichorium intybus2025
Chicory Cichorium intybus2025
Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus2025
Black-bindweed Fallopia convolvulus2025
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2025
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Ramsons Allium ursinum2025
Ramsons Allium ursinum2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2025
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2025
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2025
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2025
Honesty Lunaria annua2025
Honesty Lunaria annua2025
Dandelion Taraxacum2025
Dandelion Taraxacum2025 