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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
🐕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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Magpie +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +61 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bluebell, Blackthorn, Daffodil +13 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Blackthorn, Daffodil +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Blackthorn, Procumbent Yellow-sorrel, Hawthorn +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Saints WayWalking route148 km

Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad

Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Newcastle WayWalking route40 km

Market Drayton to Mow Cop

Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route

Kidsgrove to Stoke RidgewayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

129 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Route 555Cycling route

Named routeRef 555National Cycle Network

Silverdale GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

National Route 550Cycling route

Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route875 m

Named routeRef 5Length 875 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,176 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,176 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Blackbird · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +33

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

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Mammals10 species

springautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
BatChiroptera2025

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025

🌿

Plants21 species

autumn

2026

Daffodil · Blackthorn · Scorpion Senna · Common Restharrow · Tufted Hair-grass +16

DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Scorpion SennaHippocrepis emerus2025
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Red-osier DogwoodCornus sericea2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,176 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

autumnwinter

2026

Canada Goose · Blackbird · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +33

Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals10 species

springautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
BatChiroptera2025

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025

🌿

Plants21 species

autumn

2026

Daffodil · Blackthorn · Scorpion Senna · Common Restharrow · Tufted Hair-grass +16

DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Scorpion SennaHippocrepis emerus2025
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Red-osier DogwoodCornus sericea2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Goat WillowSalix caprea2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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