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Wildlife

Red, roe, and muntjac deer, and Britain’s largest herd of fallow deer, are to be found on Cannock Chase, an area of ancient forest and heathland that is now a nature reserve. Stafford Doxey Marshes, a site of Special Scientific Interest, near Stafford, is a mixture of meadows, marshes, and pools, where much birdlife can be observed. In the north another nature reserve is to be found at Hawksmoor, and at Moorlands Farm Park, west of Stoke-on-Trent, rare breeds of cattle, pigs, and other farm animals can be seen.