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The Decoy

21 ha

📷 AJD · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome21 ha

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52.45148, -1.66022

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Black-headed Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Black-headed Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Banded Demoiselle · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Darter, Banded Demoiselle · last seen 2024

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

30 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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

ACW Circular Walk 01Walking route

Named routeRef C01Listed length 11 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 01A (short-cut for C01)Walking route

Named routeRef C01ALocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Godwin WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,408 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,408 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Mallard +50

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RavenCorvus corax
RookCorvus frugilegus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CootFulica atra
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,408 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Mallard +50

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JackdawColoeus monedula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RavenCorvus corax
RookCorvus frugilegus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
CootFulica atra
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus

🦌

Mammals5 species

springsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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