Grendon Wood
✦ Ancient woodland17 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
52.58463, -1.59298
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
- 🅿️Parking 215m away — 4 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
- 🅿️Parking 215m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Garganey +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Garganey +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Quarrymans WalkWalking route▾
North Arden Trail - Parish LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Riddings Woodpublic footpath · 67 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 67 mPath type: service
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
22,393 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,393 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Garganey · Pochard · Ruff +40
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Bat · Red Fox
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Speckled Wood · Small White · Emperor Dragonfly +7
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
🌿Plants7 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rhododendron · Hard-fern · Fescue · Wayfaring-tree · Adria Bellflower +2
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- FescueFestuca
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
- Garden ThymeThymus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,393 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Garganey · Pochard · Ruff +40
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Bat · Red Fox
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Speckled Wood · Small White · Emperor Dragonfly +7
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
🌿Plants7 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rhododendron · Hard-fern · Fescue · Wayfaring-tree · Adria Bellflower +2
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- FescueFestuca
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
- Garden ThymeThymus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hawker
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Sympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Blinks
Blinks
Montia fontana
Montia fontana