Places to see birds

Chasewater and Cuckoo Bank

Gulls galore - and lots more - in the heart of the Forest of Mercia More...

Astonfields Balancing Lakes Local Nature Reserve (SJ 9224)

This compact reserve, set just off an industrial estate on the north-eastern edge of Stafford, comprises two shallow lakes providing ideal habitat for Water Rail, Snipe and Jack Snipe.
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Branston Water Park (SK2120)

Situated immediately to the west of the A38 between the Barton and Burton turn offs and accessed from the service road which runs alongside the A38 past the Marley Tiles works. A visitor cen More...

Cannock Chase AONB

Britain's smallest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covering an area of under 17,000 acres, Cannock Chase is the largest surviving area of lowland heathland in the Midlands. It supp More...

Croxall Lakes (Staffordshire Wildlife Trust)

A 104 acre site dominated by two large lakes at the confluence of three rivers within the Trent Valley floodplain.

The lakes attract a substantial number of birds throughout the yea More...