Huntley Wood - Grassland
6 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.97142, -2.01060
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
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
2,547 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Starling · Magpie · House Sparrow +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
🦌Mammals14 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Rabbit · Stoat · Mole +9
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hart's-Tongue · Himalayan Balsam · Ash · Hawthorn · Goat Willow +28
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- BroomCytisus scoparius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Starling · Magpie · House Sparrow +34
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
🦌Mammals14 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Rabbit · Stoat · Mole +9
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hart's-Tongue · Himalayan Balsam · Ash · Hawthorn · Goat Willow +28
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- BroomCytisus scoparius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rowan
Rowan
Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus aucuparia
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