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Captains Wood

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

52.55990, -1.60250

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +77 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +77 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

North Arden Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRef NAHTListed length 26 miRegional walking route

E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Quarrymans WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

14,340 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,340 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · Jackdaw +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
RavenCorvus corax2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Domestic Dog

Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2024

Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker

Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2025

Hard-fern · Heather

Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
HeatherCalluna vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,340 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · Jackdaw +51

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Barn OwlTyto alba
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
RavenCorvus corax2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Domestic Dog

Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐝

Insects4 species

summer

2024

Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker

Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2025

Hard-fern · Heather

Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
HeatherCalluna vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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