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52.98000, -2.01562
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▾ 🐦 90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose 🌿 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
🐦 90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose 🌿 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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Barberry Fusehorn +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Barberry Fusehorn +35 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Hart's-Tongue, Ash +13 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Hart's-Tongue, Ash +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Rowan, White Dead-nettle
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weaver Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Churnet Way Walking route ▾
Stone Circles Challenge Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase) Walking route 76 km ▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named route Length 76 km Regional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
1,906 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,906 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Starling · Magpie · House Sparrow +29
Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Swift Apus apus Greylag Goose Anser anser Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 🦌 Mammals 12 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Mole · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Stoat · Grey Squirrel +7
Mole Talpa europaea Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Stoat Mustela erminea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper +1
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2023 Hart's-Tongue · White Dead-nettle · Himalayan Balsam · Ash · Hawthorn +28
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium White Dead-nettle Lamium album Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Ash Fraxinus excelsior Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Goat Willow Salix caprea Broom Cytisus scoparius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,906 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Starling · Magpie · House Sparrow +29
Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2023 Swift Apus apus Greylag Goose Anser anser Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 🦌 Mammals 12 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Mole · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Stoat · Grey Squirrel +7
Mole Talpa europaea Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Stoat Mustela erminea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper +1
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2023 Hart's-Tongue · White Dead-nettle · Himalayan Balsam · Ash · Hawthorn +28
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium White Dead-nettle Lamium album Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Ash Fraxinus excelsior Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Goat Willow Salix caprea Broom Cytisus scoparius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris2024
Sciurus vulgaris2024
Otter Lutra lutra2023
Otter Lutra lutra2023
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Polecat Mustela putorius
Polecat Mustela putorius
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2024
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2024
Badger Meles meles2023
Badger Meles meles2023
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2022
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2022
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Red Valerian Centranthus ruber
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Weld Reseda luteola2024
Weld Reseda luteola2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum2024
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus2024
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus2024
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2024
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2024
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2024
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2024
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2024
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2024
Curled Dock Rumex crispus2024
Curled Dock Rumex crispus2024
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2024
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2024
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum2024
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum2024
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2024
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2024
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2024
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense2024
Long-headed Poppy Papaver dubium2024
Long-headed Poppy Papaver dubium2024
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2024
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2024
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2024
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2024
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2024
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Dandelion Taraxacum2024
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2024
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum2024
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2024
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua2024
Daisy Bellis perennis2024
Daisy Bellis perennis2024
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2022
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2022 