Kempson Road Play Area
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
52.72703, -2.11110
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Yellow Wagtail
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Yellow Wagtail
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Skylark, Yellow Wagtail, Greenfinch +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Skylark, Yellow Wagtail, Greenfinch +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tolkien Trail Cannock Chase WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named routeRegional walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,575 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,575 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Greenfinch · Woodpigeon · Green Sandpiper · Yellow Wagtail · Goldfinch +39
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Brown Rat · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dock Bug +4
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata
Daisy · Foxglove · Elder · Greater Stitchwort · Petty Spurge +71
- DaisyBellis perennis
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
- Wood Forget-me-not
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,575 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Greenfinch · Woodpigeon · Green Sandpiper · Yellow Wagtail · Goldfinch +39
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Brown Rat · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Dock Bug +4
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata
Daisy · Foxglove · Elder · Greater Stitchwort · Petty Spurge +71
- DaisyBellis perennis
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2024
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
- Wood Forget-me-not
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myosotis sylvatica2024
Myosotis sylvatica2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Common ChickweedStellaria media2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Tartarian HoneysuckleLonicera tataricaTartarian HoneysuckleLonicera tataricaCommon Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahitCommon Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahitCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2024Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2024Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2024HonestyLunaria annua2024HonestyLunaria annua2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2024Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024daffodilsNarcissus2024daffodilsNarcissus2024Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2024Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2024Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2023Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2023Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2023Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2023