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Shawbury Wood

✦ Ancient woodland9 ha

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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 Blackbird and Chiffchaff
🐕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

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chiffchaff
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Pheasant +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Pheasant +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: E2 hiking trail Birmingham

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Meadow Grasshopper, Swollen-thighed Beetle +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Meadow Grasshopper, Swollen-thighed Beetle +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

ACW Circular Walk 20Walking route

Named routeRef C20Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 20A (short-cut for C20)Walking route

Named routeRef C20ALocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,647 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,647 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Linnet · Blackbird +55

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackbirdTurdus merula
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RavenCorvus corax
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
FieldfareTurdus pilaris

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Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Aphrophora alni

Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni

🌿

Plants70 species

summer

2025

Dog's Mercury · Creeping Buttercup · Polygonum aviculare · Wood Avens · Hogweed +65

Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
DaisyBellis perennis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ElderSambucus nigra
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
IvyHedera helix
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
DandelionTaraxacum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
CleaversGalium aparine
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Curled DockRumex crispus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
NipplewortLapsana communis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Common CouchElymus repens
Field MapleAcer campestre
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
White Dead-nettleLamium album
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Field-roseRosa arvensis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
HazelCorylus avellana
GroundselSenecio vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,647 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

spring

2025

Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Linnet · Blackbird +55

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackbirdTurdus merula
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
SwallowHirundo rustica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RavenCorvus corax
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MagpiePica pica
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
FieldfareTurdus pilaris

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Aphrophora alni

Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni

🌿

Plants70 species

summer

2025

Dog's Mercury · Creeping Buttercup · Polygonum aviculare · Wood Avens · Hogweed +65

Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
DaisyBellis perennis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ElderSambucus nigra
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
IvyHedera helix
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
DandelionTaraxacum
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
CleaversGalium aparine
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Fat-henChenopodium album
Curled DockRumex crispus
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
NipplewortLapsana communis
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Common CouchElymus repens
Field MapleAcer campestre
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
White Dead-nettleLamium album
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Field-roseRosa arvensis
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
HazelCorylus avellana
GroundselSenecio vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Carlson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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