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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.97881, -1.82279
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Mammals — Rabbit, Mole, Red Fox +11 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Comma +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Schreber's Forklet-moss, Lords-and-Ladies, Bluebell +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Boundary post on Ellastone Bridge
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Wildlife to spot
5,778 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals6 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog · Mole · Brown Hare · Red Fox +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Field Grasshopper · Sericomyia silentis · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lords-and-Ladies · Lesser Celandine · Alder · Nipplewort · Wood Avens +139
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals6 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Hedgehog · Mole · Brown Hare · Red Fox +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Field Grasshopper · Sericomyia silentis · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lords-and-Ladies · Lesser Celandine · Alder · Nipplewort · Wood Avens +139
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas