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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.77181, -1.84463
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 460m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 460m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Carrion Crow +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Rabbit, Grey Squirrel, Otter +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hydropsyche pellucidula, Small White, Polycentropus flavomaculatus +66 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Canadian Waterweed, Bluebell · last seen 2017
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
454 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2025▾
House Sparrow · Swallow · Little Owl · Great Tit · Yellowhammer +18
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2020
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Brown Hare · Badger +9
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- American Mink
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2017
Hydropsyche pellucidula · Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock · Red Admiral +53
- Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Lords-and-Ladies · Wild Service-tree
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2025▾
House Sparrow · Swallow · Little Owl · Great Tit · Yellowhammer +18
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2020
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2020
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
- MagpiePica pica2017
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2017
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2017
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2017
- JackdawColoeus monedula2017
- RobinErithacus rubecula2017
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Brown Hare · Badger +9
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- American Mink
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2021▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2017
Hydropsyche pellucidula · Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock · Red Admiral +53
- Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Lords-and-Ladies · Wild Service-tree
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Neovison vison2022
Neovison vison2022
BatChiroptera2021BatChiroptera2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023ShrewSoricidae2023ShrewSoricidae2023NoctuleNyctalus noctula2021NoctuleNyctalus noctula2021Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2021Myotis Bat speciesMyotis20212019
2019
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