Lower Delphouse Wood - Woodland plantation
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.98074, -2.01283
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 340m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 340m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
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Wildlife to spot
2,746 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Starling · Magpie +29
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SwiftApus apus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
🦌Mammals13 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel +8
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- OtterLutra lutra
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hart's-Tongue · White Dead-nettle · Himalayan Balsam · Ash · Hawthorn +28
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Starling · Magpie +29
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SwiftApus apus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
🦌Mammals13 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Red Squirrel +8
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2024
- OtterLutra lutra
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hart's-Tongue · White Dead-nettle · Himalayan Balsam · Ash · Hawthorn +28
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritusPolecatMustela putoriusPolecatMustela putoriusCommon PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellusCommon PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellusField VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus2024Red-necked WallabyNotamacropus rufogriseus2024BadgerMeles meles2023BadgerMeles meles2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2022Broom
Broom
Cytisus scoparius
Cytisus scoparius
RowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWeldReseda luteola2024WeldReseda luteola2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2024Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Events & activities nearby
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