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Big Meadow

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 191m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

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12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets; Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Scarce Chaser, White-legged Damselfly +44 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Scarce Chaser, White-legged Damselfly +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional 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

E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Arden WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 42Regional walking route

Middle Littleton Tithe Barn Walk, Middle LittletonWalking route9.9 km

Circular walk along the River Avon and field paths, country lanes with gates, stiles and bridges. Can be muddy when wet. Walking boots are recommended.

Named routeLength 9.9 kmDuration 04:00Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Stratford-WelfordCycling route

Named routeRef SWLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.3 km

Named routeRef 41Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route481 m

Named routeRef 41Length 481 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.3 km

Named routeRef 41Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

springautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +46

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SwallowHirundo rustica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwiftApus apus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CuckooCuculus canorus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
FieldfareTurdus pilaris

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Domestic Dog

Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐝

Insects11 species

spring

2026

White-legged Damselfly · Scarce Chaser · Hairy Dragonfly · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle +6

White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

springautumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +46

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SwallowHirundo rustica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwiftApus apus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CuckooCuculus canorus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
FieldfareTurdus pilaris

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Domestic Dog

Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐝

Insects11 species

spring

2026

White-legged Damselfly · Scarce Chaser · Hairy Dragonfly · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle +6

White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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