Felthouses Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 5 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › East Staffordshire Getting here
52.84995, -1.87616
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 ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 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 — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Goat Willow, Wood Dock +1 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +29 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +29 more · last seen 2023
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase) Walking route 76 km ▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named route Length 76 km Regional walking route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Field and Woodland View at Bagots Park Triangulation Pillar
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Wildlife to spot
985 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 985 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Wren +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser Coot Fulica atra Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Noctule · Fallow Deer +1
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Southern Hawker
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Goat Willow · Yellow-rattle · Wood Dock · Wild Angelica · Black Bryony +5
Goat Willow Salix caprea Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2024 Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus2024 Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2023 Black Bryony Tamus communis2023 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 985 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Wren +33
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Dunnock Prunella modularis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Magpie Pica pica Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser Coot Fulica atra Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Teal Anas crecca2024 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Noctule · Fallow Deer +1
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Southern Hawker
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Goat Willow · Yellow-rattle · Wood Dock · Wild Angelica · Black Bryony +5
Goat Willow Salix caprea Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor2024 Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus2024 Wild Angelica Angelica sylvestris2023 Black Bryony Tamus communis2023 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica2023
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica2023
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis2023
Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis2023
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2023
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2023
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata2023
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata2023 