Whitsuntide Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.45676, -1.45938
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Named hiking route nearby: Centenary Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km32 signed routes nearby · 8 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
ACW Circular Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11Listed length 15 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 11A (short-cut on C11)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11ALocal walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
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
6,358 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,358 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard +38
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
7-spot Ladybird · Juniper Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · Eristalis tenax +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Welsh Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,358 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard +38
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
7-spot Ladybird · Juniper Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · Eristalis tenax +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Welsh Chafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hoplia philanthus
Hoplia philanthus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis