Lower Kite's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.20666, -2.03237
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🌿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
Strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +33 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Blue Tit +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Large White +107 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Large White +107 more · last seen 2026
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 57 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
31,658 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren +20
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Emerald Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +54
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,658 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren +20
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Badger · Brown Hare
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Emerald Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +54
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Neomyia viridescensNeomyia viridescens2025Neomyia viridescensNeomyia viridescens2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2025Marsh DamselbugNabis (Dolichonabis) limbatus2025Herina nigrinaHerina nigrina2025Herina nigrinaHerina nigrina2025Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2025AgrilusAgrilus2025AgrilusAgrilus2025Ampedus elongatulusAmpedus elongatulus2025Ampedus elongatulusAmpedus elongatulus2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Iassus scutellarisIassus scutellaris2025Iassus scutellarisIassus scutellaris2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Curculio venosusCurculio venosus2025Curculio venosusCurculio venosus2025Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2025Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2025Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Leaf-rolling WeevilByctiscus populi2025Leaf-rolling WeevilByctiscus populi2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Ischnomera sanguinicollisIschnomera sanguinicollis2025Ischnomera sanguinicollisIschnomera sanguinicollis2025Agrilus cyanescensAgrilus cyanescens2025Agrilus cyanescensAgrilus cyanescens2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2025Tipula oleraceaTipula oleracea2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Events & activities nearby
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