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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.97449, -2.04488
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Peacock, Small White +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Peacock, Small White +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hazel, Snowdrop, Rosebay Willowherb +16 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Hazel, Snowdrop, Rosebay Willowherb +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Cemetery — local history and memorials
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking 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
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Wildlife to spot
4,103 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,103 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin · Goldfinch · Raven +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Mole · Stoat · Rabbit · Red Fox +3
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
🐝Insects15 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Hazel Leaf-roller +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Hazel · Snowdrop · Rosebay Willowherb · Daisy · Elder +13
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,103 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Carrion Crow · Robin · Goldfinch · Raven +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Badger · Mole · Stoat · Rabbit · Red Fox +3
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
🐝Insects15 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Hazel Leaf-roller +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli
Hazel · Snowdrop · Rosebay Willowherb · Daisy · Elder +13
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Ribwort Plantain
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago lanceolata
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025YewTaxus baccata2025YewTaxus baccata2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025Events & activities nearby
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