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Birchley Wood

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

📷 John Brightley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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52.54626, -1.57176

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 337m 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 337m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Blue Tit, Wren +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Blue Tit, Wren +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Winter Moth, Vapourer, Meadow Brown +26 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Winter Moth, Vapourer, Meadow Brown +26 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

North Arden Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRef NAHTListed length 26 miRegional walking route

Quarrymans WalkWalking route

Named route

North Arden Trail - Parish LoopWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,959 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,959 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Magpie · Wren · Dunnock · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +60

MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
RavenCorvus corax
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
CootFulica atra2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2025

Great Wood-rush · Hard-fern · Heather · Bitter-vetch · Goldilocks Buttercup

Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,959 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Magpie · Wren · Dunnock · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +60

MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
RavenCorvus corax
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
CootFulica atra2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Roesel's Bush-cricket

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2025

Great Wood-rush · Hard-fern · Heather · Bitter-vetch · Goldilocks Buttercup

Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Brightley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bluebells in Birchley Wood

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