Poors Wood
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.35757, -1.64455
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 — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Barn Owl +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Barn Owl +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Orange-tip, Ringlet +37 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Orange-tip, Ringlet +37 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route527 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
7,151 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,151 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Barn Owl · Hobby · Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge +27
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2023
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Badger · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Mole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Volucella pellucens · Eriothrix rufomaculata · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus +1
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,151 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Barn Owl · Hobby · Pheasant · Red-legged Partridge +27
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2023
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Badger · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Mole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects6 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Volucella pellucens · Eriothrix rufomaculata · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus +1
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2023
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2023
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Events & activities nearby
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