Gibbet Hill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.37914, -1.55404
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,465 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,465 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Harvest Mouse · Pipistrelle · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Eristalis intricaria · Volucella inanis · Hornet Hoverfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird +34
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Neophilaenus lineatus
Polygonatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,465 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Harvest Mouse · Pipistrelle · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Eristalis intricaria · Volucella inanis · Hornet Hoverfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird +34
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Neophilaenus lineatus
Polygonatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Neophilaenus lineatus
Neophilaenus lineatus
Myrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisMyrmus miriformisCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisLiguropia juniperiLiguropia juniperiLiguropia juniperiLiguropia juniperiCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusSphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppelliiConops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatusConops quadrifasciatusHelophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataCheilosia paganaCheilosia paganaCheilosia paganaCheilosia paganaBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaPlatycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLarch LadybirdAphidecta obliterataLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaEvents & activities nearby
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