Priests Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.36550, -1.70158
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️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 km24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 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
ACW Circular Walk 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef C02Listed length 9 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 02A (short-cut for C02)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C02ALocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Solihull-KnowleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
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A glimpse of Chadwick Manor across the Park
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18,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
18,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Stonechat · Grey Heron · Robin · Swallow +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects48 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Helophilus pendulus · Field Grasshopper · Face Fly +43
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- 16-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Stonechat · Grey Heron · Robin · Swallow +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects48 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Helophilus pendulus · Field Grasshopper · Face Fly +43
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- 16-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusPsectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus variusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025CicadulaCicadula2025CicadulaCicadula2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Tachina feraTachina fera2025Tachina feraTachina fera2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025