Southcrest Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.31038, -1.93592
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
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
Miller's TrailWalking route▾
College Wood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.3 mLocal walking route
Moon's Moat Nature TrailWalking route▾
Anti-Clockwise
Named routeLocal walking route
Arden WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 42Regional walking route
94 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55Regional cycle route
Redditch NCN 5 Alternative RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 19Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Round tripLocal cycle route
Bromsgrove-Redditch Cycle Route 24Cycling route▾
From Bromsgrove Station to Redditch Station. Follows mostly open countryside on road.
Named routeRef 24Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
28,214 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,214 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Coot · Mallard +42
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Lawson Cypress · Large Bindweed · Cock's-foot · Downy Birch · Creeping Thistle +71
- Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,214 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Coot · Mallard +42
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Lawson Cypress · Large Bindweed · Cock's-foot · Downy Birch · Creeping Thistle +71
- Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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