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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.97745, -2.34008
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- ✦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 — Robin, Goldfinch, Nuthatch +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Brown Hare, Grey Squirrel, Rabbit +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Cock's-foot, Yorkshire-fog +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Green-veined White +13 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Silverdale GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 551Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route930 m▾
Named routeRef 551Length 930 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Ruin at Old Madeley Manor, Staffordshire
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Wildlife to spot
6,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lapwing · Little Owl · Woodcock · Kestrel · Wheatear +3
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
🦌Mammals14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Indet. Deer · Red Fox · Mole +9
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Indet. DeerCervidae
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Creeping Buttercup · Cock's-foot · Yorkshire-fog · Common Nettle · Bramble +47
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lapwing · Little Owl · Woodcock · Kestrel · Wheatear +3
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
🦌Mammals14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Indet. Deer · Red Fox · Mole +9
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Indet. DeerCervidae
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Creeping Buttercup · Cock's-foot · Yorkshire-fog · Common Nettle · Bramble +47
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2025
Meles meles2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2022Common ShrewSorex araneus2022RabbitOryctolagus cuniculusRabbitOryctolagus cuniculusPipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022Brown RatRattus norvegicus20222023
2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023DandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCreeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2022Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022Meadow-GrassPoa2022Meadow-GrassPoa2022Thale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaBitter-CressCardamineBitter-CressCardamineIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaVelvet BentAgrostis canina2023Velvet BentAgrostis canina2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022HollyIlex aquifolium2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022ElderSambucus nigra2022ElderSambucus nigra2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoidesCerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides2022Cerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoidesCerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoides2022