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Wrestlers Wood

3 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

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52.71679, -2.26210

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Cormorant +40 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Wren, Woodpigeon, Cormorant +40 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Festuca rubra, Yorkshire-fog +95 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Festuca rubra, Yorkshire-fog +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Sorrel, Dandelion, Meadowsweet +3 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rutpela maculata, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rutpela maculata, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route

Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

5,309 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,309 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winter

2024

Wren · Teal · Cormorant · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +38

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
NuthatchSitta europaea
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MagpiePica pica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
SwiftApus apus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare · Mole · Rabbit · Badger · Red Fox +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🐝

Insects11 species

springsummer

2025

Rutpela maculata · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Tipula maxima · Tipula luna +6

Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Tipula maximaTipula maxima
Tipula lunaTipula luna
Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2024
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2024
Ctenicera pectinicornisCtenicera pectinicornis2024
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Tipula vittataTipula vittata2024

🌿

Plants57 species

summer

2025

Sweet Vernal-grass · Carnation Sedge · Common Bent · Dandelion · Yorkshire-fog +52

Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022
Juncus effusus var. subglomeratusJuncus effusus var. subglomeratus2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2022
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2022
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2022
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,309 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

winter

2024

Wren · Teal · Cormorant · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +38

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
TealAnas crecca
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
NuthatchSitta europaea
CootFulica atra
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MagpiePica pica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
SwiftApus apus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare · Mole · Rabbit · Badger · Red Fox +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🐝

Insects11 species

springsummer

2025

Rutpela maculata · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Tipula maxima · Tipula luna +6

Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Tipula maximaTipula maxima
Tipula lunaTipula luna
Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2024
Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2024
Ctenicera pectinicornisCtenicera pectinicornis2024
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Tipula vittataTipula vittata2024

🌿

Plants57 species

summer

2025

Sweet Vernal-grass · Carnation Sedge · Common Bent · Dandelion · Yorkshire-fog +52

Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022
Juncus effusus var. subglomeratusJuncus effusus var. subglomeratus2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2022
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2022
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2022
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2022
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2022
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2022
Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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