Halfmoon Coppice - Broadleaved woodland 9 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Places › England › West Midlands › Solihull Getting here
52.40865, -1.75855
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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 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot
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 km 14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Heart of England Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 161km Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Union Canal Walk Walking route 234 km ▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named route Length 234 km Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way (Warks) Walking route 100 km ▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named route Length 100 km Regional walking route
Show on map Rail Trail: Widney Manor > Dorridge Walking route 4.4 km ▾
A 2.75-mile easy walk through Solihull’s suburbia and countryside between two stations, crossing the M42 and the river Blythe.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Distance: 2.75 miles
Named route Ref rtWM Length 4.4 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Rail Trail: Hampton-in-Arden Circular Walking route 5.8 km ▾
A 3.6-mile easy amble from the ancient village of Hampton-in-Arden across the river Blythe to Marsh Lane Nature Reserve and back.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Distance: 3.6 miles
Named route Ref rtHam Length 5.8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Solihull-Knowle Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map [PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle Network Cycling route 804 km ▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named route Ref Starley Network Length 804 km Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos River Blythe (from Sandall's Bridge)
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Wildlife to spot
7,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,528 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Mallard +23
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Muntjac +4
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · Box Bug · Halesus digitatus +2
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2025 Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025 Halesus digitatus Halesus digitatus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,528 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Mallard +23
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Muntjac +4
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 🐝 Insects 7 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · Box Bug · Halesus digitatus +2
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2025 Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025 Halesus digitatus Halesus digitatus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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