Kingsford Forest Park 15 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Wyre Forest Getting here
52.42602, -2.26427
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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Green Tiger Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly +81 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Green Tiger Beetle, Dark-edged Bee-fly +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 14 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map North Worcestershire Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Geopark Way Walking route 175 km ▾
Named route Ref geo Length 175 km Regional walking route
Show on map Habberley Valley Circular Walk Walking route 4 km ▾
Named route Length 4 km Local walking route
Show on map Black Country Canals: The Dudley & Stourbridge Ring Walking route ▾
'Circuit' of Canals surrounding Dudley & Stourbridge. Follow the fascinating network of junctions and branches through scenery varying from industrial warehouses to suprisingly secluded rural lengths.
Named route Ref BCC Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 49 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 49 Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 51 m ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 51 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 54 Length 1.2 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface other
Show on map 7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Castle Hill bridleway · 1 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1 km Path type: track
Show on map 542B restricted byway · 447 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 447 m Surface unpaved Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Kingsford Lane at Drakelow
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Wildlife to spot
5,392 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,392 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Goldcrest · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose +47
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Badger · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Glow-worm · Green Tiger Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Cheilosia illustrata +9
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata 🌿 Plants 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Navelwort · Foxglove · Gorse · Field Madder
Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025 Gorse Ulex europaeus2025 Field Madder Sherardia arvensis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,392 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Goldcrest · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Canada Goose +47
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Badger · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Glow-worm · Green Tiger Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Cheilosia illustrata +9
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata 🌿 Plants 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Navelwort · Foxglove · Gorse · Field Madder
Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2025 Gorse Ulex europaeus2025 Field Madder Sherardia arvensis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Issus Issus
Issus Issus
Silver-Green Leaf Weevil Phyllobius argentatus
Silver-Green Leaf Weevil Phyllobius argentatus
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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