November Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.28150, -1.95024
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
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 km7 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
Miller's TrailWalking route▾
96 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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Woodberrow Lane, Crabbs Cross, Redditch B97
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Wildlife to spot
27,932 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,932 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Stock Dove · Magpie +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Coccidae · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Psychoda +9
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- CoccidaeCoccidae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PsychodaPsychoda
- SylvicolaSylvicola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,932 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Stock Dove · Magpie +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Coccidae · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Psychoda +9
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- CoccidaeCoccidae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PsychodaPsychoda
- SylvicolaSylvicola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas