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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.98656, -2.36456
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Hobby
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Wheatsheaf Inn 60m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Hobby
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Wheatsheaf Inn 60m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Brown Hare, Rabbit, Badger +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Macrocera vittata, Mycetophila fraterna, Orfelia ochracea +80 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, Creeping Buttercup, Bramble +88 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,355 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,355 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Swallow +31
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum2023
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mesembrina meridiana · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Cock's-foot · Creeping Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Yorkshire-fog · Dandelion +36
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,355 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Swallow +31
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum2023
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mesembrina meridiana · Blue-tailed Damselfly
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Cock's-foot · Creeping Thistle · Creeping Buttercup · Yorkshire-fog · Dandelion +36
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
- DandelionTaraxacum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus20232023
2023
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023AlderAlnus glutinosa2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisThale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2025Bitter-CressCardamine2025Bitter-CressCardamine2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023HollyIlex aquifolium2023Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Velvet BentAgrostis canina2023Velvet BentAgrostis canina2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Events & activities nearby
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