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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 14 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › South Staffordshire Getting here
52.70922, -2.17051
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +20 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +20 more · last seen 2023
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
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
Show on map Photos Across fields to Stretton Wood
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Wildlife to spot
4,728 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,728 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackcap · Jack Snipe · Tawny Owl · Woodcock · Kestrel +24
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2020 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2020 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum2020 Swallow Hirundo rustica2020 Barn Owl Tyto alba2019 Swift Apus apus2019 Great Tit Parus major2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2018 Magpie Pica pica2018 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2018 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2017 Mole · Field Vole · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +5
Mole Talpa europaea2023 Field Vole Microtus agrestis2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022 Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Red Admiral · Speckled Wood +15
Small White Pieris rapae2018 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019 Peacock Aglais io Autumn Oxeye · Fine-leaved Water-dropwort · Weeping Willow · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Field Madder +1
Autumn Oxeye Leucanthemella serotina Fine-leaved Water-dropwort Oenanthe aquatica2019 Weeping Willow Salix alba x babylonica = S. x sepulcralis2019 Many-Seeded Goosefoot Lipandra polysperma2019 Field Madder Sherardia arvensis2019 Red Horse-chestnut Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,728 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackcap · Jack Snipe · Tawny Owl · Woodcock · Kestrel +24
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2020 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2022 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2021 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2021 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2020 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum2020 Swallow Hirundo rustica2020 Barn Owl Tyto alba2019 Swift Apus apus2019 Great Tit Parus major2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2018 Magpie Pica pica2018 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2018 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2017 Mole · Field Vole · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +5
Mole Talpa europaea2023 Field Vole Microtus agrestis2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022 Small White · Small Tortoiseshell · Large White · Red Admiral · Speckled Wood +15
Small White Pieris rapae2018 Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019 Peacock Aglais io Autumn Oxeye · Fine-leaved Water-dropwort · Weeping Willow · Many-Seeded Goosefoot · Field Madder +1
Autumn Oxeye Leucanthemella serotina Fine-leaved Water-dropwort Oenanthe aquatica2019 Weeping Willow Salix alba x babylonica = S. x sepulcralis2019 Many-Seeded Goosefoot Lipandra polysperma2019 Field Madder Sherardia arvensis2019 Red Horse-chestnut Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2022
Meles meles2022
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2015
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2015 2018
2018
Comma Polygonia c-album2018
Comma Polygonia c-album2018
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2018
Green-veined White Pieris napi2018
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2018
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2015
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2015
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2020
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2020
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2020
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2020
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2017
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2017
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2017
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2017 Aesculus carnea2019
Aesculus carnea2019
