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52.51765, -1.83621
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Mute Swan +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Mute Swan +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, 22-spot Ladybird +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, 22-spot Ladybird +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 23 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Grand Union Canal Walk Walking route 234 km ▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named route Length 234 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- Canal Route Walking route 19 km ▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named route Ref TW-C Length 19 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map The Findings Trail Walking route ▾
Tourism/ history walking route from the city centre to the Jewellery Quarter and back. Marked by pavement plates. Designed by Laura Potter
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Handsworth & Lozells Places of Worship Heritage Trail Walking route 2.5 km ▾
Trail around Handsworth and Lozells- a culturally diverse area, where you can learn about the rich variety of religious communities who live alongside one another in a relatively small area.
Named route Ref HL PoW Length 2.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Sutton Park Archeology Walk 4: Boldmere Gate Walking route ▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via an 18th-century Mill Pond, 16th-century wood, medieval deer park, hollow way, and medieval fish pond.
Named route Ref AW4BoG Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Jaffray Road public footpath · 107 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 107 m Surface paved Path type: residential
Show on map Spring Hill public footpath · 50 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 50 m Path type: service
Show on map 165 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jewellery Quarter Pop Up Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Pop Up Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 533 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 533 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map North Birmingham Walking and Cycling Route Cycling route ▾
Route 535 is a small cycle route from National Cycle Route 5 in Birmingham City Centre to Gravelly Hill, which carries on for a short way along the Tame Valley Canal
Named route Ref 535 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cole Valley Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rea Valley Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Rea Valley Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,238 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,238 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Mute Swan +35
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Soprano Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Field Grasshopper · 22-spot Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +8
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Selfheal · Red Dead-nettle · Common Bent · Knotgrass · Germander Speedwell +60
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Bent Agrostis capillaris Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,238 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Mute Swan +35
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Soprano Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Field Grasshopper · 22-spot Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +8
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens Selfheal · Red Dead-nettle · Common Bent · Knotgrass · Germander Speedwell +60
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Common Bent Agrostis capillaris Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys Fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Rhinoceros Beetle Sinodendron cylindricum
Rhinoceros Beetle Sinodendron cylindricum
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Large Bindweed Calystegia silvatica
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Garden Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis
Garden Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Common Couch Elymus repens
Common Couch Elymus repens
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Yew Taxus baccata
Yew Taxus baccata
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
White Stonecrop Sedum album
White Stonecrop Sedum album
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Ash Fraxinus excelsior
Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrum Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrum
Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrum Solanum nigrum subsp. nigrum
Lime Tilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Lime Tilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Pellitory-of-the-wall Parietaria judaica
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Smooth Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Common Fumitory Fumaria officinalis
Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens
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