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Astley Castle

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cicadella viridis, Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025; Insects — Cicadella viridis, Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

26 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 20Walking route

Named routeRef C20Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route59 m

Named routeRef 52Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route726 m

Named routeRef 524Length 726 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,329 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,329 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

springsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Blackbird +77

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Mole · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Cicadella viridis · Dark-edged Bee-fly

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,329 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

springsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Blackbird +77

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Mole · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Cicadella viridis · Dark-edged Bee-fly

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 A J Paxton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Internal brickwork, Astley Castle

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