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Chesterton Valley Golf Club

📷 Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
⛳Golf 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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Skylark, Linnet, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Linnet, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Hawthorn, Smooth Hawk's-beard +28 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +156 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Dock Bug, 7-spot Ladybird +156 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam +157 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Bramble, Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam +157 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route

Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

2,360 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,360 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

springsummer

2025

Buzzard · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush · Raven +28

BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RavenCorvus corax2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great TitParus major2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Polecat · Rabbit

PolecatMustela putorius
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects45 species

springautumn

2026

16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura +40

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Large Sallow Mining BeeAndrena apicata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Agriotes pallidulusAgriotes pallidulus
Dalopius marginatusDalopius marginatus
Empoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiens
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
Psilopa nitidulaPsilopa nitidula
Cacopsylla melanoneuraCacopsylla melanoneura
Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
Agallia consobrinaAgallia consobrina
Arboridia ribautiArboridia ribauti
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
Crossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Spanioneura fonscolombiiSpanioneura fonscolombii
Ectopsocus briggsiEctopsocus briggsi
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Nursery Pine CombhornGilpinia frutetorum2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Calliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneum2023
Scymnus frontalisScymnus frontalis2023
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2023
Gymnomus caesiusGymnomus caesius2023

🌿

Plants72 species

springsummer

2024

Bird's-foot · Common Water-starwort · Broad-leaved Dock · Himalayan Balsam · Redshank +67

Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
HawkweedHieracium
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Glabrous-headed HawkweedHieracium vagum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Turkey OakQuercus cerris
OatAvena sativa
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
GorseUlex europaeus
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Little Mouse-earCerastium semidecandrum2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Field PepperwortLepidium campestre2023
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Silver BirchBetula pendula2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Field PansyViola arvensis2023
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2023
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,360 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

springsummer

2025

Buzzard · Skylark · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush · Raven +28

BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RavenCorvus corax2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great TitParus major2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Polecat · Rabbit

PolecatMustela putorius
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects45 species

springautumn

2026

16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura +40

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Large Sallow Mining BeeAndrena apicata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Agriotes pallidulusAgriotes pallidulus
Dalopius marginatusDalopius marginatus
Empoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiens
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
Psilopa nitidulaPsilopa nitidula
Cacopsylla melanoneuraCacopsylla melanoneura
Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata
Agallia consobrinaAgallia consobrina
Arboridia ribautiArboridia ribauti
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
Crossopalpus nigritellusCrossopalpus nigritellus
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Geomyza tripunctataGeomyza tripunctata
Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Spanioneura fonscolombiiSpanioneura fonscolombii
Ectopsocus briggsiEctopsocus briggsi
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Nursery Pine CombhornGilpinia frutetorum2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Common StilettoThereva nobilitata2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Calliopum aeneumCalliopum aeneum2023
Scymnus frontalisScymnus frontalis2023
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2023
Gymnomus caesiusGymnomus caesius2023

🌿

Plants72 species

springsummer

2024

Bird's-foot · Common Water-starwort · Broad-leaved Dock · Himalayan Balsam · Redshank +67

Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
HawkweedHieracium
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Meadow BromeBromus racemosus subsp. commutatus
Hybrid OakQuercus petraea x robur = Q. x rosacea
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Glabrous-headed HawkweedHieracium vagum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Turkey OakQuercus cerris
OatAvena sativa
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
GorseUlex europaeus
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Little Mouse-earCerastium semidecandrum2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Field PepperwortLepidium campestre2023
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023
Silver BirchBetula pendula2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Field PansyViola arvensis2023
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Field Mouse-earCerastium arvense2023
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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