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🦅 Birds🎠 Play🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Getting here
52.61758, -1.61284
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for 8 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Free Nature reserve
playground, café, parking
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
Free playground, café
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
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
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▾ Abbey Green Park in Polesworth, Warwickshire
‹ › Photos Abbey Green Park in Polesworth, Warwickshire
‹ › ✓ Public access Free entry 🐶 Dogs
Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
8,808 records from NBN Atlas
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Wildlife to spot 8,808 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer
2025 Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackcap
+39 more species Hide species list All 44 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jay Garrulus glandarius Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Coot Fulica atra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Greylag Goose Anser anser Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Swift Apus apus Coal Tit Periparus ater Green Woodpecker Picus viridis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Skylark Alauda arvensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly
+12 more species Hide species list All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Stinking Fleabane · Weld · Moth Mullein · Tormentil · Skullcap
+5 more species Hide species list All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Stinking Fleabane Dittrichia graveolens Weld Reseda luteola Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria Tormentil Potentilla erecta Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata Hawkweed Hieracium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,808 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer
2025 Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackcap
+39 more species Hide species list All 44 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jay Garrulus glandarius Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Coot Fulica atra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Greylag Goose Anser anser Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Swift Apus apus Coal Tit Periparus ater Green Woodpecker Picus viridis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Skylark Alauda arvensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly
+12 more species Hide species list All 17 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Stinking Fleabane · Weld · Moth Mullein · Tormentil · Skullcap
+5 more species Hide species list All 10 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Stinking Fleabane Dittrichia graveolens Weld Reseda luteola Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria Tormentil Potentilla erecta Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata Hawkweed Hieracium Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024 Bottle Sedge
Bottle Sedge
Carex rostrata
Carex rostrata
Water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum
Water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2024
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2024
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2024
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2024 