Birchen Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
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Places › England › West Midlands › Newcastle-under-Lyme Getting here
53.08382, -2.23324
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 5
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 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 Trent Valley Way Walking route 304 km ▾
Named route Length 304 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Newcastle Way Walking route 40 km ▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named route Length 40 km Regional walking route
Show on map Gritstone Trail (Rushton Spencer - Kidsgrove) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map National Route 555 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 555 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 55 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 55 National Cycle Network
Show on map Alternative Route Cycling route 2.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 555 Length 2.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Crown and Thistle public house on the A50
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Wildlife to spot
23,769 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,769 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Hobby · Robin · Mallard +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Falco subbuteo subbuteo Falco subbuteo subbuteo2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Bat · Red Fox · Indet. Deer · Otter · American Mink
Bat Chiroptera Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Indet. Deer Cervidae2025 Otter Lutra lutra2025 American Mink Neovison vison2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 🌿 Plants 29 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Grey Alder · Ash · Creeping Thistle · Bluebell · Dogwood +24
Grey Alder Alnus incana2025 Ash Fraxinus excelsior Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana Dogwood Cornus sanguinea Field Maple Acer campestre Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,769 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Hobby · Robin · Mallard +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Falco subbuteo subbuteo Falco subbuteo subbuteo2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Bat · Red Fox · Indet. Deer · Otter · American Mink
Bat Chiroptera Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Indet. Deer Cervidae2025 Otter Lutra lutra2025 American Mink Neovison vison2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 2 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 🌿 Plants 29 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Grey Alder · Ash · Creeping Thistle · Bluebell · Dogwood +24
Grey Alder Alnus incana2025 Ash Fraxinus excelsior Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana Dogwood Cornus sanguinea Field Maple Acer campestre Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Oak Quercus
Oak Quercus
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025
Bullace Prunus domestica subsp. insititia2025
Bullace Prunus domestica subsp. insititia2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa2025
Southern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa2025 