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Windmill Spinney

1 ha

SeasonalBirdsWildlife

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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52.78909, -1.58474

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌿52+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Herb-Robert and Cow Parsley among those found
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌿52+ species of plants recorded here — summer brings peak botanical diversity with Herb-Robert and Cow Parsley among those found
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Herb-Robert, Cow Parsley, Garlic Mustard +49 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Herb-Robert, Cow Parsley, Garlic Mustard +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +18 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Garlic Mustard, Elder, Dandelion +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 8 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

Sunnysidepublic footpath · 273 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 273 mPath type: residential

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Cycling

113 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

Wildlife to spot

25,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Yellow-legged Gull · Pintail +16

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
PintailAnas acuta
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Green Shieldbug

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina

🌿

Plants149 species

winterautumn

2026

Herb-Robert · Wild Teasel · Common Chickweed · Smooth Sow-thistle · Goat Willow +144

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Rosa caninaRosa canina
CleaversGalium aparine
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
HazelCorylus avellana
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
WeldReseda luteola
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common CouchElymus repens
BulrushTypha latifolia
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Curled DockRumex crispus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
YarrowAchillea millefolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Small NettleUrtica urens
HemlockConium maculatum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
BroomCytisus scoparius
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Eastern SowbreadCyclamen coum2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Hoary CressLepidium draba2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
OsierSalix viminalis2025
Grey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
OxalisOxalis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Yellow-legged Gull · Pintail +16

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
PintailAnas acuta
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sturnus vulgaris vulgarisSturnus vulgaris vulgaris2025

🐝

Insects4 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Green Shieldbug

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina

🌿

Plants149 species

winterautumn

2026

Herb-Robert · Wild Teasel · Common Chickweed · Smooth Sow-thistle · Goat Willow +144

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Common NettleUrtica dioica
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
DandelionTaraxacum
DaisyBellis perennis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Rosa caninaRosa canina
CleaversGalium aparine
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
HazelCorylus avellana
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
WeldReseda luteola
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common CouchElymus repens
BulrushTypha latifolia
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Curled DockRumex crispus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
YarrowAchillea millefolium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Small NettleUrtica urens
HemlockConium maculatum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
BroomCytisus scoparius
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtiiSalix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii2025
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2025
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
BorageBorago officinalis2025
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2025
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Eastern SowbreadCyclamen coum2025
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
Hoary CressLepidium draba2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025
OsierSalix viminalis2025
Grey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens2025
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025
OxalisOxalis2025