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Canal aqueduct

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📷 Andrew Shannon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blue Tit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blue Tit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 22-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 22-spot Ladybird, 24-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km

Newport to Burton on Trent

Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

NCN 552Cycling route

Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route7 m

Named routeRef 55Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route825 m

Named routeRef 55Length 825 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route3.9 km

Named routeRef 55Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route475 m

Named routeRef 55Length 475 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

81,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

81,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +71

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock DoveColumba livia
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoosanderMergus merganser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BramblingFringilla montifringilla

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Mole · Field Vole · Bank Vole · Otter

MoleTalpa europaea
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
OtterLutra lutra2025

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Insects8 species

autumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Scymnus interruptus · Nephus quadrimaculatus +3

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

81,045 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

winter

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird +71

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BuzzardButeo buteo
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GadwallMareca strepera
CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Greylag GooseAnser anser
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RavenCorvus corax
JayGarrulus glandarius
NuthatchSitta europaea
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Red KiteMilvus milvus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Rock DoveColumba livia
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoosanderMergus merganser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BramblingFringilla montifringilla

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Mole · Field Vole · Bank Vole · Otter

MoleTalpa europaea
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
OtterLutra lutra2025

🐝

Insects8 species

autumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Scymnus interruptus · Nephus quadrimaculatus +3

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Shannon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Course of old Shrewsbury to Norbury Canal

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