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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
52.73808, -1.53926
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 249m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 249m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Crimped Gill, Amber Jelly, Netted Shield Lichen +21 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Cryptocephalus moraei, Red-tailed Bumblebee +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route659 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route160 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 160 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip
Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail
Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route
Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
82,492 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
82,492 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Canada Goose · Robin · Moorhen +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis2025
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Twig Gall Causer
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Twig Gall CauserAndricus inflator f. sexual2025
🍄Fungi9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Amber Jelly · Witch's Butter · Oak Moss · Netted Shield Lichen · Lecidella elaeochroma +4
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.
Early Dog-violet · Cherry Plum · Broom · Cat's-ear · Alder +74
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- AspenPopulus tremula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
82,492 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Canada Goose · Robin · Moorhen +41
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis2025
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Twig Gall Causer
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Twig Gall CauserAndricus inflator f. sexual2025
🍄Fungi9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Amber Jelly · Witch's Butter · Oak Moss · Netted Shield Lichen · Lecidella elaeochroma +4
- Amber JellyExidia recisa
- Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
- Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.
Early Dog-violet · Cherry Plum · Broom · Cat's-ear · Alder +74
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- AspenPopulus tremula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crimped Gill
Crimped Gill
Plicatura crispa2025
Plicatura crispa2025
JellybabyLeotia lubrica2025JellybabyLeotia lubrica2025Wrinkled PeachRhodotus palmatus2025Wrinkled PeachRhodotus palmatus2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataHimalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsiiHimalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsiiMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumHornbeamCarpinus betulusHornbeamCarpinus betulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaWild CarrotDaucus carotaWild CarrotDaucus carotaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusLittle Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreusNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum