Waste Wood
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.01230, -1.99997
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Redwing +19 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, Redwing +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hart's-Tongue, Rock Stonecrop · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Broad Centurion, Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · last seen 2025; Insects — Broad Centurion, Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Footpath north of Clamgoose Lane
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Wildlife to spot
5,869 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,869 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great White Egret · Cattle Egret · Redwing · Goldfinch · Greenfinch +19
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Cattle EgretArdea ibis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Ardea alba albaArdea alba alba2025
- SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BuzzardButeo buteo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Mole · Field Vole · Red Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +2
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BatChiroptera
- Rabbit
Broad Centurion · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Hart's-Tongue · Rock Stonecrop
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Rock StonecropPetrosedum forsterianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,869 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great White Egret · Cattle Egret · Redwing · Goldfinch · Greenfinch +19
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Cattle EgretArdea ibis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Ardea alba albaArdea alba alba2025
- SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BuzzardButeo buteo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Mole · Field Vole · Red Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +2
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BatChiroptera
- Rabbit
Broad Centurion · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Hart's-Tongue · Rock Stonecrop
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Rock StonecropPetrosedum forsterianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
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