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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.96196, -2.40045
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 165m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 165m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swallow +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Hedgehog, Pipistrelle Bat species, Red Fox +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Azure Damselfly +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 552Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route556 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 556 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.5 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 6.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.2 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,874 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Raven · Rook +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse · House Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- House MouseMus musculus2023
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · Harlequin Ladybird +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Orange Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Swallow · Raven · Rook +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Wood Mouse · House Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- House MouseMus musculus2023
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · Harlequin Ladybird +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Orange Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024