Peck Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.35136, -1.95405
Open directionsv
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
- 🅿️Alvechurch Sports & Social Club Car Park 45m away — 16 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Alvechurch Sports & Social Club Car Park 45m away — 16 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Woodpecker TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Miller's TrailWalking route▾
Moon's Moat Nature TrailWalking route▾
Anti-Clockwise
Named routeLocal walking route
North Worcestershire PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Gauntspublic footpath · 84 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mPath type: residential
Bearhill Drivepublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: residential
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55Regional 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
Redditch Cycle Route 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
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9,320 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,320 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Green Dock Beetle · Common Rose Fusehorn · Twin-spot Centurion +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,320 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +39
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Green Dock Beetle · Common Rose Fusehorn · Twin-spot Centurion +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dorhn’s Alder Mining Sawfly
Dorhn’s Alder Mining Sawfly
Fenusa dohrnii
Fenusa dohrnii
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumPrasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginellaPrasocuris marginellaAlticaAlticaAlticaAlticaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa