Cathiron Spinneys - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.39910, -1.30296
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 km18 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 09Walking route▾
Named routeRef C09Listed length 14.5 kmLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Viaduct CyclewayCycling route▾
Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route214 m▾
Named routeLength 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route179 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 179 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
9,449 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,449 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Hawfinch · Shoveler · Garganey · Pochard +33
- WigeonMareca penelope
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- PochardAythya ferina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Glow-worm · Banded Demoiselle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Greater Plantain · Cow Parsley · Yorkshire-fog · Dandelion · False Oat-grass +66
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- DandelionTaraxacum
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,449 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Hawfinch · Shoveler · Garganey · Pochard +33
- WigeonMareca penelope
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- PochardAythya ferina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- PintailAnas acuta2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Glow-worm · Banded Demoiselle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Greater Plantain · Cow Parsley · Yorkshire-fog · Dandelion · False Oat-grass +66
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- DandelionTaraxacum
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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