Pennocrucium Roman Fort 3 ha
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Places › England › West Midlands › South Staffordshire Getting here
52.69399, -2.14553
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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 ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 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 — Blackbird, Blackcap, Swallow +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Swallow +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Agapetus fuscipes, Hydropsyche siltalai, Small Tortoiseshell +52 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Agapetus fuscipes, Hydropsyche siltalai, Small Tortoiseshell +52 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Least Duckweed, Common Whitlowgrass +6 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Least Duckweed, Common Whitlowgrass +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 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 Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South) Walking route ▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named route Regional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
1,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,243 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Swallow · House Sparrow · Wren · House Martin · Blue Tit +34
Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Great Tit Parus major2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 Swift Apus apus2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Mole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit +2
Mole Talpa europaea2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Black Clock · Broad-bodied Chaser · Eristalis pertinax +2
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2022 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022 Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2023 Alder Leaf Beetle Red Dead-nettle · Common Whitlowgrass · Dandelion · Lesser Celandine · Groundsel +22
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna Dandelion Taraxacum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Weld Reseda luteola2025 Dog-rose Rosa canina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,243 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Swallow · House Sparrow · Wren · House Martin · Blue Tit +34
Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Great Tit Parus major2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2022 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 Swift Apus apus2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Mole · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit +2
Mole Talpa europaea2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Black Clock · Broad-bodied Chaser · Eristalis pertinax +2
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2022 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022 Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2023 Alder Leaf Beetle Red Dead-nettle · Common Whitlowgrass · Dandelion · Lesser Celandine · Groundsel +22
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna Dandelion Taraxacum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Groundsel Senecio vulgaris Weld Reseda luteola2025 Dog-rose Rosa canina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harvest Mouse
Harvest Mouse
Micromys minutus2024
Micromys minutus2024
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2022
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2022 Agelastica alni2022
Agelastica alni2022
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2022
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2022 2025
2025
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum2025
Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Orange Balsam Impatiens capensis2025
Orange Balsam Impatiens capensis2025
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2025
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2025
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2025
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale2025
Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025
Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare2025
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album2025
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album2025
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum2025
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum2025
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2025
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus2025
Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima2025
Reed Sweet-grass Glyceria maxima2025
Black-poplar Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia2023
Black-poplar Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia2023
Black Birch Betula nigra2023
Black Birch Betula nigra2023
Autumn Oxeye Leucanthemella serotina2023
Autumn Oxeye Leucanthemella serotina2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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