Dilhorne Wood - Woodland plantation
6 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.99567, -2.04913
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking 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
6,050 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,050 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Robin +36
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
🦌Mammals12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Badger · Grey Squirrel +7
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog · Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- NewtTriturus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · 14-spot Ladybird +9
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
🌿Plants13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Snowdrop · Golden Crocus · Yew · Daisy · Rosebay Willowherb +8
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Broad-leaved Dock
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,050 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Robin +36
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
🦌Mammals12 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Badger · Grey Squirrel +7
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog · Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- NewtTriturus
Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mesembrina meridiana · 14-spot Ladybird +9
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
- Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus
🌿Plants13 species
winterspring
2026▾
Snowdrop · Golden Crocus · Yew · Daisy · Rosebay Willowherb +8
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2025
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Broad-leaved Dock
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Red DeerCervus elaphus2025Red DeerCervus elaphus2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025ShrewSoricidae2023ShrewSoricidae2023Indet. DeerCervidae2023Indet. DeerCervidae2023Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennisCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Rumex obtusifolius2025
Rumex obtusifolius2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii2025Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii2025