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Priory Wood

3 ha

WildlifeBirdsForaging

Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

52.47362, -1.64747

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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

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Mediterranean Gull +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Mediterranean Gull +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket · last seen 2024; Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket · last seen 2024

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

24 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

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

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

ACW Circular Walk 01Walking route

Named routeRef C01Listed length 11 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional 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

20,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Wigeon · Peregrine · Robin +50

HobbyFalco subbuteo
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
WigeonMareca penelope
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GarganeySpatula querquedula

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2025

Hobby · Little Ringed Plover · Wigeon · Peregrine · Robin +50

HobbyFalco subbuteo
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
WigeonMareca penelope
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
NuthatchSitta europaea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GarganeySpatula querquedula

🦌

Mammals3 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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