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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha
Getting here
52.81147, -1.65518
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 192m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Red Campion, Petty Spurge +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route96 m▾
Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route144 m▾
Named routeLength 144 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
16,031 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,031 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mute Swan · Jackdaw · Canada Goose +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TealAnas crecca
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Badger · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- American MinkNeovison vison
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Cheilosia · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Butterfly-bush · Petty Spurge · Common Nettle · Raspberry · Common Vetch +17
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
- Common VetchVicia sativa2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red Valerian
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,031 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mute Swan · Jackdaw · Canada Goose +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TealAnas crecca
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Badger · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- American MinkNeovison vison
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Cheilosia · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- CheilosiaCheilosia
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Butterfly-bush · Petty Spurge · Common Nettle · Raspberry · Common Vetch +17
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
- Common VetchVicia sativa2025
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red Valerian
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Centranthus ruber
Centranthus ruber
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025