Wirehill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.28140, -1.91726
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
- 🛝Playground 171m 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km9 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
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional 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
95 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
Redditch Cycle Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
28,520 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Goldfinch · Dunnock · Nuthatch · Blue Tit +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Coccidae · Scathophaga stercoraria · Psychoda · Sylvicola +6
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- CoccidaeCoccidae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- PsychodaPsychoda
- SylvicolaSylvicola
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,520 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Goldfinch · Dunnock · Nuthatch · Blue Tit +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Coccidae · Scathophaga stercoraria · Psychoda · Sylvicola +6
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- CoccidaeCoccidae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- PsychodaPsychoda
- SylvicolaSylvicola
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas