Shurnock Brake - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.24859, -1.94837
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional 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
Arden WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 42Regional walking route
Haydon Way Wood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.75 mLocal walking route
College Wood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.3 mLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Redditch Cycle Route 17Cycling route▾
From Abbey Stadium, through Abbeydale, Church Hill, Winyates, Matchborough, to Washford - mostly following the Bus Lane.
Named routeRef 17Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 14Cycling route▾
From Crabbs Cross, Oakenshaw, Greenlands, Ipsley, Washford, Matchborough, to Mappleborough Green. A mixture of roads, paths, and paved bridleways.
Named routeRef 14Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Local cycle route
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 19Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Round tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,881 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,881 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Noctule · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Phaonia subventa · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Pavid Willow Nematine · Hairy-legged Horsefly +6
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2024
- Hairy-legged HorseflyHybomitra bimaculata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,881 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Noctule · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Phaonia subventa · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Pavid Willow Nematine · Hairy-legged Horsefly +6
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2024
- Hairy-legged HorseflyHybomitra bimaculata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria2023
Volucella zonaria2023
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2023Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023