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🦉 Wildlife✦ Heritage🦅 Birds
Public access Dogs welcome 215 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › South Staffordshire Getting here
52.52538, -2.16550
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II Registered Park and Garden — Historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England of special interest, warranting efforts to preserve it.
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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Goldcrest +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Goldcrest +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Wood-sorrel, Red Dead-nettle
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Bluebell, Broad-leaved Dock +11 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Bluebell, Broad-leaved Dock +11 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 23 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Sculpture Trail (Saltwells LNR) Walking route 1 km ▾
Sculpture trail around a bluebell covered Ancient Woodland and nationally important heritage urban nature reserve.
Named route Length 1 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Alder Coppice: Yellow Path Walking route ▾
The shortest of three trails created alongside the designation of Alder Coppice into a Nature Reserve
Named route Ref AC-Y Local walking route
Show on map Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South) Walking route ▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Doulton Trail (Saltwells LNR) Walking route 1.5 km ▾
Walking trail around a bluebell-covered Ancient Woodland and nationally important heritage urban nature reserve. Includes one long and steep flight of stairs but generally good surfaced paths and gentle gradients.
Named route Length 1.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 National Cycle Network
Show on map Stourbridge Arm Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map [PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle Network Cycling route 804 km ▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named route Ref Starley Network Length 804 km Regional cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network 54 (removed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 Local cycle route
Show on map South Staffordshire Railway Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Kingswinford Railway Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,339 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,339 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Magpie · Robin +38
Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Redwing Turdus iliacus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta +13
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Lesser Celandine · Bluebell · Broad-leaved Dock · Rhododendron · White Dead-nettle +9
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum White Dead-nettle Lamium album Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,339 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Great Tit · Goldcrest · Magpie · Robin +38
Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Redwing Turdus iliacus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coot Fulica atra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dipper Cinclus cinclus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Sphaerophoria scripta +13
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Lesser Celandine · Bluebell · Broad-leaved Dock · Rhododendron · White Dead-nettle +9
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum White Dead-nettle Lamium album Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helina evecta
Helina evecta
Helina evecta
Helina evecta
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Geomyza tripunctata Geomyza tripunctata
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii
Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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