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Parker's Spinney

1 ha

📷 Andrew Tatlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.60945, -1.57219

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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
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Skylark, Linnet, Yellowhammer +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Skylark, Linnet, Yellowhammer +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Blackthorn, Elder, Hazel +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +102 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Large White +102 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Field Maple, Ash, Blackthorn +105 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Field Maple, Ash, Blackthorn +105 more · last seen 2022

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot · last seen 2022; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot · last seen 2022

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

2,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summer

2025

Skylark · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Goldfinch · Jackdaw +50

SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023

🐝

Insects23 species

autumn

2024

Shining Elm Leaf-miner · Pear Leaf Blister Moth · Plain Elm Dot · Apple Leaf Miner · Alder Leaf Beetle +18

Shining Elm Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter schreberella2022
Pear Leaf Blister MothLeucoptera malifoliella2022
Plain Elm DotStigmella viscerella2022
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2022
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Marble GallAndricus kollari2022
Rose Case-bearerColeophora gryphipennella2022
Blackthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter spinicolella2022
Nut-tree DotStigmella microtheriella2022
Apple NymphCallisto denticulella2022
Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2022
Hazel leaf-minerPhyllonorycter nicellii2022
Maple DotStigmella aceris2022
Golden DotStigmella aurella2022
Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2022
Beautiful Elm DotStigmella lemniscella2022
Cherry Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter cerasicolella2022
Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2022
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2022
Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2022
Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2022
Artichoke GallAndricus foecundatrix2022
Barred Sycamore PigmyStigmella speciosa2022

🌿

Plants17 species

summer

2022

Wild Privet · Snowberry · Dogwood · Hazel · Great Bindweed +12

Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
HazelCorylus avellana
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
DandelionTaraxacum
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
WeldReseda luteola
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summer

2025

Skylark · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Goldfinch · Jackdaw +50

SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
RavenCorvus corax2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023

🐝

Insects23 species

autumn

2024

Shining Elm Leaf-miner · Pear Leaf Blister Moth · Plain Elm Dot · Apple Leaf Miner · Alder Leaf Beetle +18

Shining Elm Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter schreberella2022
Pear Leaf Blister MothLeucoptera malifoliella2022
Plain Elm DotStigmella viscerella2022
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2022
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Marble GallAndricus kollari2022
Rose Case-bearerColeophora gryphipennella2022
Blackthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter spinicolella2022
Nut-tree DotStigmella microtheriella2022
Apple NymphCallisto denticulella2022
Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2022
Hazel leaf-minerPhyllonorycter nicellii2022
Maple DotStigmella aceris2022
Golden DotStigmella aurella2022
Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2022
Beautiful Elm DotStigmella lemniscella2022
Cherry Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter cerasicolella2022
Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2022
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2022
Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2022
Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2022
Artichoke GallAndricus foecundatrix2022
Barred Sycamore PigmyStigmella speciosa2022

🌿

Plants17 species

summer

2022

Wild Privet · Snowberry · Dogwood · Hazel · Great Bindweed +12

Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
HazelCorylus avellana
Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
DandelionTaraxacum
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
WeldReseda luteola
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Tatlow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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