Remains of Polesworth Abbey 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › North Warwickshire Getting here
52.61860, -1.61231
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Abbey scheduled monument c. 801
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Cliffords — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Cliffords — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Mallard, Robin, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Banded Demoiselle +93 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Green-veined White, Banded Demoiselle +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2019; Plants — Himalayan Balsam · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Northern Warwickshire Cycleway Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike route Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Photos Polesworth Abbey Church and the River Anker
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Wildlife to spot
8,768 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,768 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Mallard · Coot · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackcap +39
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jay Garrulus glandarius Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Greylag Goose Anser anser Swift Apus apus Coal Tit Periparus ater Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Skylark Alauda arvensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +12
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Alder Leaf Beetle Stinking Fleabane · Weld · Moth Mullein · Tormentil · Skullcap +5
Stinking Fleabane Dittrichia graveolens Weld Reseda luteola Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria Tormentil Potentilla erecta Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata Hawkweed Hieracium Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,768 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Mallard · Coot · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackcap +39
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jay Garrulus glandarius Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Magpie Pica pica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Greylag Goose Anser anser Swift Apus apus Coal Tit Periparus ater Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Skylark Alauda arvensis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +12
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Alder Leaf Beetle Stinking Fleabane · Weld · Moth Mullein · Tormentil · Skullcap +5
Stinking Fleabane Dittrichia graveolens Weld Reseda luteola Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria Tormentil Potentilla erecta Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata Hawkweed Hieracium Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agelastica alni
Agelastica alni
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum
Water Dock Rumex hydrolapathum
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2024
Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2024
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2024
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa2024 