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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🌳 Ancient
Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Getting here
52.61806, -1.61595
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Cliffords — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Cliffords — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for 7 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland
🌳 Ancient woodland
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Free Insects — Small White, Banded Demoiselle, Meadow Brown +84 more · last seen 2025
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Free Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2019
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tame Way- River Route Walking route 29 km ▾ Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~9h
Named route Ref TW-R Length 29 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref Northern Warwickshire Cycleway Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike route Mountain bike route ▾ Named route Round trip
Show on map ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
▾ Polesworth Bridge in Warwickshire
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‹ › Facilities 🅿️ Parking
4 nearby · Free · 100m
Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
UK green spaces mapped from open public data — so anyone can find the woodland, trail, or nature reserve closest to them.
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Cervidae2022
Cervidae2022
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2021
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2021 Pieris napi2019
Pieris napi2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2019
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2019
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum2019
Setaceous Hebrew Character Xestia c-nigrum2019
Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa2019
Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2019
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2019
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2019
Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria2019
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2019
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2021
Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii2021
Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens2019
Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens2019
Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago2019
Frosted Orange Gortyna flavago2019
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia2019
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica2019
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica2019
Mother Shipton Callistege mi2019
Mother Shipton Callistege mi2019
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2019
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2019
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2021
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2021
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2019
Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes2019
Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria2019
Maiden's Blush Cyclophora punctaria2019
Brown-Spot Pinion Anchoscelis litura2019
Brown-Spot Pinion Anchoscelis litura2019
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2019
Snout Hypena proboscidalis2019
Silver Y Autographa gamma2019
Silver Y Autographa gamma2019
Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria2019
Bordered Beauty Epione repandaria2019
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago2019
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago2019
Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea2019
Copper Underwing Amphipyra pyramidea2019
Bulrush Wainscot Nonagria typhae2019
Bulrush Wainscot Nonagria typhae2019
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata2019
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata2019
Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua2019
Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua2019
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2019
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2019
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages2019
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages2019
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Hornet Vespa crabro2023
Hornet Vespa crabro2023
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2023
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2023
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2023
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2023
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee Bombus bohemicus2021
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee Bombus bohemicus2021
Forest Cuckoo Bee Bombus sylvestris2021
Forest Cuckoo Bee Bombus sylvestris2021
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2021
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2021
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2020
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2020
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum2019
Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum2019
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata2019
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata2019
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2019
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2019
Vapourer Orgyia antiqua2019
Vapourer Orgyia antiqua2019
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2019
Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta2019
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2019
Small Square-spot Diarsia rubi2019
Orange Swift Triodia sylvina2019
Orange Swift Triodia sylvina2019
Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita2019
Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita2019
Straw Dot Rivula sericealis2019
Straw Dot Rivula sericealis2019
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2019
Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa2019
Tawny Speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata2019
Tawny Speckled Pug Eupithecia icterata2019
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata2019
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata2019
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2019
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