Sweet Laud's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.47222, -1.46675
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
- 🅿️Mineral Lakes Fishery Car Park 412m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Mineral Lakes Fishery Car Park 412m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £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: A Coventry Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby · 6 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 13Walking route▾
Named routeRef C13Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 13A (short-cut for C13)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C13ALocal walking route
63 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
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef SVLocal 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
10,376 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,376 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Mute Swan · Mallard +25
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Volucella pellucens · Lesser Stag Beetle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Red Clover · White Clover · Field Pansy · Lamb's-ear · Perennial Sow-thistle +35
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
- White CloverTrifolium repens2023
- Field PansyViola arvensis2023
- Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Greater Musk-mallowMalva alcea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,376 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Mute Swan · Mallard +25
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Volucella pellucens · Lesser Stag Beetle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Red Clover · White Clover · Field Pansy · Lamb's-ear · Perennial Sow-thistle +35
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023
- White CloverTrifolium repens2023
- Field PansyViola arvensis2023
- Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Greater Musk-mallowMalva alcea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Musk Stork's-bill
Musk Stork's-bill
Erodium moschatum
Erodium moschatum
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2023Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Common VetchVicia sativa2023Common VetchVicia sativa2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2023Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2023Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2023Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023CrosswortCruciata laevipes2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2023Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2023Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2023Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023