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52.66471, -1.64624
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▾ 🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon 🌿 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
🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon 🌿 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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Ringlet, Large White +22 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Ringlet, Large White +22 more · last seen 2023
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — American Willowherb · last seen 2011; Plants — American Willowherb · last seen 2011
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tame Way- Canal Route Walking route 19 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named route Ref TW-C Length 19 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- River Route Walking route 29 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~9h
Named route Ref TW-R Length 29 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike route Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Photos Wind turbine at Statfold Farm
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Wildlife to spot
615 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 615 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Fieldfare · Pheasant +49
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Robin Erithacus rubecula Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Linnet Linaria cannabina Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Barn Owl Tyto alba Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 Little Owl Athene noctua2022 Siskin Spinus spinus2022 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2019 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2019 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2019 Swallow Hirundo rustica2019 Whitethroat Curruca communis2019 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Badger · Hedgehog
Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Yellow Meadow Ant · Red Admiral · Comma · Large White · Gatekeeper +4
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Comma Polygonia c-album2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Walnut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 615 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Fieldfare · Pheasant +49
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Robin Erithacus rubecula Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Linnet Linaria cannabina Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2022 Barn Owl Tyto alba Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 Little Owl Athene noctua2022 Siskin Spinus spinus2022 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2019 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2019 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2019 Swallow Hirundo rustica2019 Whitethroat Curruca communis2019 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Badger · Hedgehog
Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Yellow Meadow Ant · Red Admiral · Comma · Large White · Gatekeeper +4
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Comma Polygonia c-album2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Walnut
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018 