Delamere Forest telephone signals. There is a view point with views of seven counties: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Shropshire and Staffordshire in England, and Denbighshire and Flintshire in Wales. Delamere Forest encompasses broadleaved and mixed woodlands, blocks of coniferous plantation, as well as grassland and wetland. The area provides a habitat for numerous woodland bird species, including nuthatches, treecreepers, crossbills, siskins, tawny owls and great spotted and green woodpeckers. Dragonflies such as the southern hawker can be seen in the wetland areas; the nationally scarce white-faced darter has been observed at several sites within the forest, including Black Lake. Butterflies such as the
Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere only) Baron Mount Temple (of the second creation), and Amalia Mary Maud Cassel. This second marriage ended in divorce in 1955. On 26 March 1955, Lord Delamere married, thirdly, Diana Caldwell (1913-1987), daughter of Seymore Caldwell, better known as Diana Delves-Broughton. Baron Delamere died at age 79 in August 1979; and he was succeeded in the lands, estates and title by his son from his first marriage, Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere. Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere Thomas Pitt Hamilton Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere (; 19 August 1900– 13 April 1979), styled The Honourable Thomas Cholmondeley from birth until 1931,