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Daffern's Wood

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

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52.50359, -1.57575

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
🌿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

🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
🌿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

6 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +38 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +38 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +38 more · last seen 2026

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

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 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

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 20Walking route

Named routeRef C20Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 20A (short-cut for C20)Walking route

Named routeRef C20ALocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 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

Wildlife to spot

35,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds16 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Pintail · Ruff +11

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
PintailAnas acuta
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025

🌿

Plants135 species

summer

2025

Herb-Robert · Goat Willow · Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Procumbent Pearlwort · Snapdragon +130

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
HollyhockAlcea rosea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
DandelionTaraxacum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
WeldReseda luteola
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
White CloverTrifolium repens
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Des Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsii
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
ElderSambucus nigra
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red CampionSilene dioica
AppleMalus domestica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Silver BirchBetula pendula
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
BroomCytisus scoparius
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Greater PlantainPlantago major
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
English ElmUlmus procera
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
GorseUlex europaeus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Wild CherryPrunus avium
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
White PoplarPopulus alba
OatAvena sativa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Common CouchElymus repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common OracheAtriplex patula
TimothyPhleum pratense
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
YarrowAchillea millefolium
HazelCorylus avellana
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Fat-henChenopodium album
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Winter Wild-oatAvena sterilis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,884 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds16 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Pintail · Ruff +11

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
PintailAnas acuta
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025

🌿

Plants135 species

summer

2025

Herb-Robert · Goat Willow · Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Procumbent Pearlwort · Snapdragon +130

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
HollyhockAlcea rosea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
DandelionTaraxacum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
WeldReseda luteola
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Curled DockRumex crispus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
White CloverTrifolium repens
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Des Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsii
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
ElderSambucus nigra
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red CampionSilene dioica
AppleMalus domestica
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Silver BirchBetula pendula
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
BroomCytisus scoparius
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Greater PlantainPlantago major
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
English ElmUlmus procera
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
GorseUlex europaeus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Wild CherryPrunus avium
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Field MapleAcer campestre
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
White PoplarPopulus alba
OatAvena sativa
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Common CouchElymus repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common OracheAtriplex patula
TimothyPhleum pratense
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Bilbao FleabaneErigeron floribundus
HollyIlex aquifolium
NipplewortLapsana communis
YarrowAchillea millefolium
HazelCorylus avellana
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Fat-henChenopodium album
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Winter Wild-oatAvena sterilis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 A J Paxton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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