Motslowhill Spinney - Woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.34762, -1.51768
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 52m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 52m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Vicarage Roadpublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Motslowhill Spinney across the valley of the Sowe
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Wildlife to spot
6,380 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,380 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +48
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Mole · Field Vole
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +4
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Water Stick Insect
Cherry Laurel · Japanese Wineberry · Bee Orchid
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Japanese WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,380 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +48
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Mole · Field Vole
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +4
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Water Stick Insect
Cherry Laurel · Japanese Wineberry · Bee Orchid
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Japanese WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Events & activities nearby
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