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Bishop's Gorse

5 ha

📷 David Stowell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

52.19002, -1.51324

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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Barn Owl, Linnet, Kestrel +87 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Linnet, Kestrel +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Blackening Waxcap, Wrinkled Peach, Smoky Roundhead +48 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Blackening Waxcap, Wrinkled Peach, Smoky Roundhead +48 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Meadow Brown, Small White +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Meadow Brown, Small White +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Fungi — Wood Blewits, Coesyn Melfed, Field Blewits +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Warwick-Leamington-WellesbourneCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Compton Verney mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Westfield Court Onlybridleway · 387 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 387 mSurface pavedPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

6,703 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,703 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2025

Linnet · Kestrel · Skylark · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +54

LinnetLinaria cannabina
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MerlinFalco columbarius
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Barn OwlTyto alba
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Green Tortoise Beetle

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Green Tortoise BeetleCassida viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,703 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2025

Linnet · Kestrel · Skylark · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +54

LinnetLinaria cannabina
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RavenCorvus corax
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MerlinFalco columbarius
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Barn OwlTyto alba
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GreenfinchChloris chloris

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Green Tortoise Beetle

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Green Tortoise BeetleCassida viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Stowell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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