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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › West Midlands › Lichfield Getting here
52.66972, -1.75981
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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 🛝 Playground 133m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 133m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Elder, Common Nettle, Rowan +2 more foraging species
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Germander Speedwell, Fox-and-cubs, Ribwort Plantain +35 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Germander Speedwell, Fox-and-cubs, Ribwort Plantain +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 161km Regional walking route
Show on map Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- Canal Route Walking route 19 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named route Ref TW-C Length 19 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- River Route Walking route 29 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~9h
Named route Ref TW-R Length 29 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map E2 hiking trail Birmingham Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 National Cycle Network
Show on map McClean Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 420 m ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 420 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 117 m ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 117 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 378 m ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 378 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 228 m ▾
Named route Length 228 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Sandy Lane bridleway · 1 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1 km Surface gravel Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
3,432 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,432 records · National Biodiversity Network Swift · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Martin · Robin +46
Swift Apus apus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Badger · Mole · Grey Squirrel
Badger Meles meles Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2024 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · White-legged Damselfly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2024 Germander Speedwell · Fox-and-cubs · Ribwort Plantain · Yarrow · Common Ragwort +33
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025 Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025 Sweet Vernal-grass Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,432 records · National Biodiversity Network Swift · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Martin · Robin +46
Swift Apus apus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Badger · Mole · Grey Squirrel
Badger Meles meles Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2024 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · White-legged Damselfly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2024 Germander Speedwell · Fox-and-cubs · Ribwort Plantain · Yarrow · Common Ragwort +33
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2025 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025 Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025 Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025 Sweet Vernal-grass Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthoxanthum odoratum2025
Anthoxanthum odoratum2025
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium2025
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Daisy Bellis perennis2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima2025
Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis2025
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Italian Lords-and-Ladies Arum italicum
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2025
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus2025
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2025
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2025
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2025
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris2025
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa2025
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa2025
Yew Taxus baccata2025
Yew Taxus baccata2025
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2025
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris2025
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris2025
Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis2025
Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis2025
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2025
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis2025
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2025
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum2025
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2025
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Ivy Hedera helix2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025 