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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Bate Street Long Stay Car Park 276m away — 12 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Bate Street Long Stay Car Park 276m away — 12 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Daisy, Common Nettle, Butterbur +64 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Common Nettle, Butterbur +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Saucer Bug, Parent Bug, Syritta pipiens +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Saucer Bug, Parent Bug, Syritta pipiens +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Puccinia poarum, Mint Rust +1 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Razor Strop Fungus, Puccinia poarum, Mint Rust +1 more · last seen 2024
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bilston to Loxdale Health Walk Walking route 2.8 km ▾
Self-guided health walk through Black Country Millenium Urban Forest sites. Route passes 15th century Greyhound & Punchbowl pub and Bradley Arm which is topped up by pumping water out of disused mines.
Difficulty: Medium due to slopes
Duration: 45-60 mins
Named route Ref HW1 BTW Length 2.8 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Four Commons Walk Walking route 9.5 km ▾
Circular route following the Wyrley & Essington Canal to Clayhanger Common – one of Walsall’s much-loved areas of green, open space.
Distance: 6 miles/9.5 km(approx)
Duration: 120 mins(approx)
Named route Length 9.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Clayhanger Common Walk Walking route 9.5 km ▾
Short, circular route following the Wyrley & Essington Canal to Clayhanger Common – one of Walsall’s much-loved areas of green, open space.
Distance: 6 miles/9.5 km(approx)
Duration: 120 mins(approx)
Named route Length 9.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Beacon Way Walking route 40 km ▾
Starting at Sandwell Valley via the outskirts of Birmingham and the countryside of Walsall into Staffordshire. Take in the Forest of Mercia, lakes, nature reserves, woods, and canal banks. Named after Barr Beacon, one of the highest hills in this area.
Named route Length 40 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map 71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
SCWIP Cycle Route 15 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref SCWIP CR15 Local cycle route
Show on map McClean Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map [PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle Network Cycling route 804 km ▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named route Ref Starley Network Length 804 km Regional cycle route
Show on map Sneyd Junction to Cannock Extension Canal Cycling route 8.8 km ▾
A semi-rural route following the curves of the canal, until it opens out into parkland at the Cannock Extension.
Distance: 5.5 miles/8.8 km (approx)
Duration: 45 min (approx)
Named route Length 8.8 km Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Cannock Extension Canal to Longwood Junction Cycling route 11.2 km ▾
Canalside route leading past Clayhanger Common and through Rushall, with a pub along the way.
Distance: 7 miles/11.2 km (approx)
Duration: 60 min (approx)
Named route Length 11.2 km Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map SCWIP Cycle Route 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref SCWIP CR7 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Old Birchills Top Lock (no 8)
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Wildlife to spot
19,417 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,417 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Magpie · Blue Tit +40
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Rat · Red Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Deer Cervus elaphus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 28 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Saucer Bug · Parent Bug · Hairy Shieldbug · Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis · Cymatia coleoptrata +23
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Cymatia coleoptrata Cymatia coleoptrata Hesperocorixa linnaei Hesperocorixa linnaei 🌿 Plants 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Butterbur · Beggarticks · Common Toadflax · Giant Hogweed · Salmonberry +3
Butterbur Petasites hybridus Beggarticks Bidens frondosa2025 Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2025 Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025 Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis2025 Daisy Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,417 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Magpie · Blue Tit +40
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Rat · Red Deer · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Deer Cervus elaphus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Pond Terrapin
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 28 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Saucer Bug · Parent Bug · Hairy Shieldbug · Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis · Cymatia coleoptrata +23
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Cymatia coleoptrata Cymatia coleoptrata Hesperocorixa linnaei Hesperocorixa linnaei 🌿 Plants 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Butterbur · Beggarticks · Common Toadflax · Giant Hogweed · Salmonberry +3
Butterbur Petasites hybridus Beggarticks Bidens frondosa2025 Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2025 Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2025 Salmonberry Rubus spectabilis2025 Daisy Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Water Stick Insect Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis
Water Stick Insect Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Scymnus interruptus Scymnus interruptus
Scymnus interruptus Scymnus interruptus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
German Cockroach Blattella germanica
German Cockroach Blattella germanica Bellis perennis2025
Bellis perennis2025
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium2025
Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium2025
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2025
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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