Banks Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland9 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.00198, -1.85761
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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 welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 15Walking route12.9 km▾
Named routeLength 12.9 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Mandarin Duck · Little Grebe +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Mole · Red Fox · Rabbit · Field Vole · Muntjac +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sericomyia silentis · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhingia
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- RhingiaRhingia
Sycamore · Cow Parsley · Lesser Celandine · Red Campion · White Clover +21
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,699 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Mandarin Duck · Little Grebe +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Mole · Red Fox · Rabbit · Field Vole · Muntjac +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sericomyia silentis · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhingia
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- RhingiaRhingia
Sycamore · Cow Parsley · Lesser Celandine · Red Campion · White Clover +21
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
