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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome122 ha
Getting here
52.80079, -1.62525
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 256m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 256m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +68 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +68 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Southern Hawker, Dock Bug +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stapenhill Viaductpublic footpath · 21 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Stapenhill Viaductpublic footpath · 317 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 317 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Green Streetpublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mPath type: unclassified
114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route96 m▾
Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Footbridge in the Trent Washlands
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Wildlife to spot
75,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
75,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Pintail +35
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Harvest Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Butterfly-bush · Petty Spurge · Common Nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Red Valerian +3
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
75,139 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Pintail +35
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Harvest Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Butterfly-bush · Petty Spurge · Common Nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Red Valerian +3
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas