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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.61691, -1.61258
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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 Robin and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Woodpigeon +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Banded Demoiselle +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Oak Closepublic footpath · 39 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Abbey Green Park in Polesworth, Warwickshire
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Wildlife to spot
9,176 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackcap +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +12
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Alder Leaf Beetle
Stinking Fleabane · Weld · Moth Mullein · Skullcap · Hawkweed +4
- Stinking FleabaneDittrichia graveolens
- WeldReseda luteola
- Moth MulleinVerbascum blattaria
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- HawkweedHieracium
- Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
- Water DockRumex hydrolapathum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackcap +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +12
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Alder Leaf Beetle
Stinking Fleabane · Weld · Moth Mullein · Skullcap · Hawkweed +4
- Stinking FleabaneDittrichia graveolens
- WeldReseda luteola
- Moth MulleinVerbascum blattaria
- SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
- HawkweedHieracium
- Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
- Water DockRumex hydrolapathum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agelastica alni
Agelastica alni
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2024Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2024Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2024Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2024