Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
52.54676, -2.29644
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Great Tit
- 🌿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
- 🐦39+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Great Tit
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +36 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +36 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura, 16-spot Ladybird +16 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Cowslip, Ground-elder, Fox-and-cubs +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Morfe Walk, Comer Woods, Dudmaston EstateWalking route6.1 km▾
All walks use natural paths which can be muddy or slippery. Dog friendly.
Named routeLength 6.1 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named routeRegional walking route
Explorer Trail, Comer Woods, Dudmaston EstateWalking route3.5 km▾
Some steep slopes. Dogs are welcome (on and off lead areas)
Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Photos
Beside the lake at Ludstone Hall
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,043 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,043 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +14
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Cowslip · Ground-elder · Fox-and-cubs · Foxglove · Trailing Bellflower +2
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,043 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit +34
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +14
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Cowslip · Ground-elder · Fox-and-cubs · Foxglove · Trailing Bellflower +2
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana2024
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Earwig
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024Nephus quadrimaculatusNephus quadrimaculatus2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticolaRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2024Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni20242024
2024
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