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Checkleys Brake

5 ha

📷 David P Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.21057, -1.48508

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Green Woodpecker
🐕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

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Green Woodpecker
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting +98 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker, Reed Bunting +98 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 7-spot Ladybird, Cream-streaked Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, 7-spot Ladybird, Cream-streaked Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Warwick-Leamington-WellesbourneCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 48Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route667 m

Named routeRef 48Length 667 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route235 m

Named routeRef 48Length 235 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2 km

Named routeRef 48Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Compton Verney mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

7,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

autumnwinter

2025

Snipe · Green Sandpiper · Green Woodpecker · Chiffchaff · Redwing +63

SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SiskinSpinus spinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
JackdawColoeus monedula
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoosanderMergus merganser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
MerlinFalco columbarius
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Barn OwlTyto alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects7 species

winter

2025

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Cream-streaked Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +2

Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

autumnwinter

2025

Snipe · Green Sandpiper · Green Woodpecker · Chiffchaff · Redwing +63

SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SiskinSpinus spinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
JackdawColoeus monedula
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoosanderMergus merganser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major
MerlinFalco columbarius
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Barn OwlTyto alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects7 species

winter

2025

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Cream-streaked Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +2

Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David P Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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