Fiddle Plantation - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.57953, -1.55983
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Quarrymans WalkWalking route▾
North Arden Trail - Parish LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,022 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,022 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret · Grey Heron · Mute Swan · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +5
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bombus lucorum · Migrant Hawker · Western Honey Bee +11
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Common Darter
Hedge Mustard · Groundsel · Curled Dock · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · False Oat-grass +129
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,022 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLittle Egret · Grey Heron · Mute Swan · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +5
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Bombus lucorum · Migrant Hawker · Western Honey Bee +11
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Common Darter
Hedge Mustard · Groundsel · Curled Dock · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · False Oat-grass +129
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Curled DockRumex crispus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisWhite/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023Norway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaPale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifoliaPale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifoliaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaDuke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarumDuke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaAmphibious BistortPersicaria amphibiaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusBilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundusBilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundusHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumHedge BindweedCalystegia sepiumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCommon Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustrisCommon Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustrisCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisWater BentPolypogon viridisWater BentPolypogon viridisPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaPrickly LettuceLactuca serriolaColumbineAquilegia vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masOrange BalsamImpatiens capensisOrange BalsamImpatiens capensisPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCommon MilletPanicum miliaceumCommon MilletPanicum miliaceumCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumBranched Bur-reedSparganium erectumEnglish ElmUlmus proceraEnglish ElmUlmus proceraCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataProcumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculataSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreUnbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersumUnbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersumSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumSmall-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillumPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareCrack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilisCrack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilisWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaMedickMedicago sativaMedickMedicago sativaFat-henChenopodium albumFat-henChenopodium albumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaStag's-horn SumachRhus typhinaStag's-horn SumachRhus typhinaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaHemlockConium maculatumHemlockConium maculatumAppleMalus domesticaAppleMalus domesticaGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaCreeping-JennyLysimachia nummulariaBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparinePetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareLesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marinaLesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marinaGreen Field-speedwellVeronica agrestisGreen Field-speedwellVeronica agrestisCockspurEchinochloa crus-galliCockspurEchinochloa crus-galliSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataSmall-leaved LimeTilia cordataPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiMeadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulataMeadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulataBastard CabbageRapistrum rugosumBastard CabbageRapistrum rugosumCoral SpurgeEuphorbia corallioidesCoral SpurgeEuphorbia corallioidesDutch IrisIris filifolia x tingitana = I. x hollandica2024Dutch IrisIris filifolia x tingitana = I. x hollandica2024Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2024Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2024Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2024