| Parrot's Drumble | |
| Map: | Staffordshire |
| Map Width: | 200 |
| Location: | Talke Pits, Staffordshire |
| Coordinates: | 53.0667°N -2.2731°W |
| Grid Ref Uk: | SJ 818 522 |
| Operator: | Staffordshire Wildlife Trust |
Parrot's Drumble is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. It is an area of woodland next to the village of Talke Pits, and about 4miles north of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England.
Its area is . It is an ancient woodland, the area having been woodland for more than 400 years. It was once owned by a family named Parrot, and a "drumble" is a local word for a stream running through a wooded valley.[1]
There are old mineworkings in the area, from which iron oxide leaches, giving the stream a reddish colour.[1]
There is a walking trail through the wood, where there is oak, hazel, birch, rowan and ash; near the stream there is willow and alder. Woodland plants include dog's mercury, yellow archangel and wood-sorrel, and in the spring there are notable displays of bluebells. Birds to be seen include great spotted woodpecker, lesser spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and treecreeper.[1]
Parrots Drumble is the source of the River Waldron which flows through Staffordshire and Cheshire until it meets the River Weaver near Nantwich.