Birchley Hays Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.46092, -1.59743
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km23 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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 01Walking route▾
Named routeRef C01Listed length 11 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 01A (short-cut for C01)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C01ALocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
[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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Wildlife to spot
7,804 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,804 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Jackdaw +45
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Cockchafer · Eristalis · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
- EristalisEristalis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
White Melilot · Rowan · Honeysuckle · Pineappleweed · Brooklime +29
- White MelilotMelilotus albus
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,804 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Jackdaw +45
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Cockchafer · Eristalis · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
- EristalisEristalis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
White Melilot · Rowan · Honeysuckle · Pineappleweed · Brooklime +29
- White MelilotMelilotus albus
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
- Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas