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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.90308, -2.48344
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Fields Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Fields Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Wren +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Wren +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Nephus quadrimaculatus, 22-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 552Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network
hodnet-market draytonCycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route573 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.6 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 6.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route307 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 307 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route164 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Market Drayton - St Mary's Church
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Wildlife to spot
20,461 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,461 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Nuthatch · Great Tit +22
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwiftApus apus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
22-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · 16-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura +4
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 14-spot Ladybird
Cleavers · Herb-Robert · Common Nettle · Cat's-ear · Petty Spurge +85
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,461 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Nuthatch · Great Tit +22
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwiftApus apus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
22-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · 16-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura +4
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 14-spot Ladybird
Cleavers · Herb-Robert · Common Nettle · Cat's-ear · Petty Spurge +85
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
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androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaGiant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianumGiant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianumRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseAtlas PoppyPapaver atlanticumAtlas PoppyPapaver atlanticumSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusParsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatusParsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatusWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusEarly CrocusCrocus tommasinianusGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisRubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatusAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataWall LettuceMycelis muralisWall LettuceMycelis muralisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburEuropean LarchLarix deciduaEuropean LarchLarix deciduaAdria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagianaAdria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagianaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteumWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisWall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalisPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorRubus vestitusRubus vestitusRubus vestitusRubus vestitusHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisFranchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetiiFranchet's CotoneasterCotoneaster franchetiiJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum 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CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsiiHimalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsiiPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennis