🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.34863, -1.67276
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Spotted Flycatcher +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Spotted Flycatcher +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Marbled White +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Marbled White +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 523Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route106 m▾
Named routeRef 523Length 106 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route119 m▾
Named routeRef 523Length 119 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 523Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 523Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
8,497 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,497 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Spotted Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +42
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Volucella bombylans · Glyphotaelius pellucidus · Tachina fera · Common Green Grasshopper · Field Grasshopper +7
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Tachina feraTachina fera2021
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2021
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,497 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Spotted Flycatcher · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +42
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Volucella bombylans · Glyphotaelius pellucidus · Tachina fera · Common Green Grasshopper · Field Grasshopper +7
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Tachina feraTachina fera2021
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2021
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2021Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2021Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2021Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2021Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2021Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2021Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2021Events & activities nearby
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