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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
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Getting here
52.86439, -1.94078
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Mole, Brown Hare, Badger +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Clouded Border, Large Yellow Underwing +191 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,767 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,767 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Dunnock +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Otter +6
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
White-faced Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser · Limnephilus luridus · Rhadicoleptus alpestris · 2-spot Ladybird +9
- White-faced DarterLeucorrhinia dubia
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Limnephilus luridusLimnephilus luridus2023
- Rhadicoleptus alpestrisRhadicoleptus alpestris2023
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023
- Banded Demoiselle
Common Mouse-ear · Wood Avens · Yarrow · Soft-rush · Perennial Rye-grass +49
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,767 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Dunnock +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Otter +6
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
White-faced Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser · Limnephilus luridus · Rhadicoleptus alpestris · 2-spot Ladybird +9
- White-faced DarterLeucorrhinia dubia
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Limnephilus luridusLimnephilus luridus2023
- Rhadicoleptus alpestrisRhadicoleptus alpestris2023
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023
- Banded Demoiselle
Common Mouse-ear · Wood Avens · Yarrow · Soft-rush · Perennial Rye-grass +49
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes
Fallow DeerDama damaFallow DeerDama damaHedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Brown RatRattus norvegicusBrown RatRattus norvegicusWood MouseApodemus sylvaticusWood MouseApodemus sylvaticusCalopteryx splendens2023
Calopteryx splendens2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2023Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2023Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2023HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumFlattened Meadow-grassPoa compressaFlattened Meadow-grassPoa compressaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisCrab AppleMalus sylvestrisLesser / Wood BurdockArctium minusLesser / Wood BurdockArctium minusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRed GoosefootOxybasis rubraRed GoosefootOxybasis rubraGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaBulrushTypha latifoliaBulrushTypha latifoliaAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumAmerican WillowherbEpilobium ciliatumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusBullacePrunus domestica subsp. insititiaBullacePrunus domestica subsp. insititiaLeast DuckweedLemna minutaLeast DuckweedLemna minutaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumSlender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxiiSlender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxiiRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaScaly Male-fernDryopteris affinisScaly Male-fernDryopteris affinisRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumMedium-flowered Winter-cressBarbarea intermediaMedium-flowered Winter-cressBarbarea intermediaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRedshankPersicaria maculosaRedshankPersicaria maculosaFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaScented MayweedMatricaria chamomillaScented MayweedMatricaria chamomillaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repens