Deep Hayes Country Park ✦ Ancient woodland 61 ha
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 61 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Staffordshire Moorlands Getting here
53.08182, -2.04826
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone, Wild Angelica, Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Ground-elder, Elder, Hawthorn +10 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Helophilus pendulus +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Habitat Walk Ladderedge Country Park (Green Arrows) Walking route ▾
Includes some hills
Named route Duration 45min
Show on map Young Woodland Loop Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Valley Woodland Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Booth's Wood Loop Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Churnet Way Walking route ▾
Longsdon 13 public footpath · 399 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 399 m Path type: path
Show on map Longsdon 19 public footpath · 15 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 15 m Path type: service
Show on map Cheddleton 1R/2248 public footpath · 388 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 388 m Surface dirt Path type: path
Show on map 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 559 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 559 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Route 550 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 550 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 13.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 550 Length 13.8 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 170 m ▾
Named route Ref 559 Length 170 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 559 Length 3.7 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 559 Length 1.2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Leek Town 46 bridleway · 29 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 29 m Surface gravel Path type: residential
Show on map Leek Town 46 bridleway · 632 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 632 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Caldon Canal, Hollinhay Wood
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11,377 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,377 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit +42
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Redwing Turdus iliacus Coot Fulica atra Goosander Mergus merganser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coal Tit Periparus ater Raven Corvus corax Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rook Corvus frugilegus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Teal Anas crecca House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Siskin Spinus spinus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs House Martin Delichon urbicum Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Canada Goose Branta canadensis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Dipper Cinclus cinclus Barn Owl Tyto alba Stock Dove Columba oenas Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mole · Otter · Pygmy Shrew · Harvest Mouse · Rabbit
Mole Talpa europaea Otter Lutra lutra Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Bicolorous Sawfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Orange Bicolorous Sawfly Hemichroa crocea 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Bracken · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop +11
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025 Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,377 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit +42
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Dunnock Prunella modularis Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Redwing Turdus iliacus Coot Fulica atra Goosander Mergus merganser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coal Tit Periparus ater Raven Corvus corax Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rook Corvus frugilegus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Teal Anas crecca House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Siskin Spinus spinus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs House Martin Delichon urbicum Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Canada Goose Branta canadensis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Little Egret Egretta garzetta Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Dipper Cinclus cinclus Barn Owl Tyto alba Stock Dove Columba oenas Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mole · Otter · Pygmy Shrew · Harvest Mouse · Rabbit
Mole Talpa europaea Otter Lutra lutra Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Bicolorous Sawfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Orange Bicolorous Sawfly Hemichroa crocea 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Bracken · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop +11
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025 Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium2025 Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2025
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2025
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2025
Wood Speedwell Veronica montana2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2025
Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2025
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2025
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica2025
Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum2025
Wood Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025 