Coal mining remains at Cornbrook on Clee Hill
63 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome63 ha
Getting here
52.38287, -2.57664
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Meadow Pipit
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel +57 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Kestrel +57 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Hawker, Blue-tailed Damselfly +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Bellflower, Wall-rue, Lesser Trefoil +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 06Walking route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW06Length 17.1 kmLocal walking route
Simon Evans WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
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On Clee Hill, near Doddington, Shropshire
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
10,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Raven · Wheatear +31
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Hawker · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +2
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Large Red Damselfly
Ivy-leaved Bellflower · Lesser Skullcap · Jointed Rush · Marsh Thistle · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +20
- Ivy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederacea
- Lesser SkullcapScutellaria minor
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
- Ivy-leaved Crowfoot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Raven · Wheatear +31
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Hawker · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +2
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Large Red Damselfly
Ivy-leaved Bellflower · Lesser Skullcap · Jointed Rush · Marsh Thistle · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +20
- Ivy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederacea
- Lesser SkullcapScutellaria minor
- Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
- Ivy-leaved Crowfoot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Ranunculus hederaceus
Ranunculus hederaceus
Lesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatumLesser MarshwortHelosciadium inundatumStar SedgeCarex echinataStar SedgeCarex echinataCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisFlea SedgeCarex pulicarisCommon SedgeCarex nigraCommon SedgeCarex nigraOval SedgeCarex leporinaOval SedgeCarex leporinaMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustrisMarsh ArrowgrassTriglochin palustrisWater-purslaneLythrum portulaWater-purslaneLythrum portulaNew Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescensNew Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescensLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaMat-grassNardus strictaMat-grassNardus strictaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusBog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifoliusEvents & activities nearby
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