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Spencer's Plantation

1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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52.79895, -1.94224

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Cormorant
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Cormorant
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Mallard +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Cormorant, Mallard +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Buckwheat · last seen 2025; Plants — Buckwheat · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Tolkien Trail Great Haywood WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km

Newport to Burton on Trent

Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Tolkien Trail Cannock Chase WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km

Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase

Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Cannock Chase Heritage TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Sherbrook Valley TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

32,188 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,188 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumn

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull +54

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,188 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumn

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull +54

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Great TitParus major2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Geoff Pick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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