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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.97966, -1.99522
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 212m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Rabbit, Hedgehog, Mole +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Stenophylax permistus, Eristalis pertinax +27 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cow Parsley, Lesser Celandine +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,423 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,423 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Robin · Mallard +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Polecat · Bank Vole +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- PolecatMustela putorius
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Stenophylax permistus · Alder Disc-miner · Green Shieldbug · Athripsodes albifrons · Marmalade Hoverfly +11
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants29 species
springautumn
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Cow Parsley · Hawthorn · Hart's-Tongue · Wood Avens +24
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,423 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Robin · Mallard +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Red Squirrel · Polecat · Bank Vole +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- PolecatMustela putorius
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Stenophylax permistus · Alder Disc-miner · Green Shieldbug · Athripsodes albifrons · Marmalade Hoverfly +11
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Athripsodes albifronsAthripsodes albifrons2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
🌿Plants29 species
springautumn
2026▾
Lesser Celandine · Cow Parsley · Hawthorn · Hart's-Tongue · Wood Avens +24
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Vole
Field Vole
Microtus agrestis2024
Microtus agrestis2024
Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus2024Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus20242025
2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025BaetisBaetis2025BaetisBaetis2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025caddisfliesTrichoptera2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025MidgeCulicoides2025MidgeCulicoides2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2024Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2024Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2024Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2024Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2024Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2024Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis20242025
2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumSpotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatumSpotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatumYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisAshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025BroomCytisus scoparius2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum2024Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum2024Events & activities nearby
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