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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.34000, -1.51776
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small White, Gatekeeper +262 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Small White, Gatekeeper +262 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional 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
Stare Bridgepublic footpath · 76 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
5,755 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Great Tit +49
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +6
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Japanese Wineberry · Bee Orchid
- Japanese WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Great Tit +49
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +6
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Japanese Wineberry · Bee Orchid
- Japanese WineberryRubus phoenicolasius
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Water Stick Insect
Water Stick Insect
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023