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Holmes Wood

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

📷 Michael Patterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

52.48856, -1.51181

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
🌿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

🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
🌿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

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +79 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

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Cicadella viridis · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Cicadella viridis · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional 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 19Walking route

Named routeRef C19Listed length 13 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 19A (short-cut to C19)Walking route

Named routeRef C19ALocal walking route

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Cycling

89 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route

[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

22,853 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,853 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

autumnwinter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Dunnock +42

Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2025

Gypsywort · Creeping Buttercup · Dandelion

GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
DandelionTaraxacum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,853 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

autumnwinter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Dunnock +42

Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2025

Gypsywort · Creeping Buttercup · Dandelion

GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
DandelionTaraxacum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Patterson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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