Thickthorn Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 20 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 20 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Warwick Getting here
52.33348, -1.55615
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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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 399m away — 2 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 399m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Parsley-leaved Bramble, Cuckooflower, Bee Orchid · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Beautiful Demoiselle +85 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Beautiful Demoiselle +85 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 23 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Centenary Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CW Listed length 100 mi Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Union Canal Walk Walking route 234 km ▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named route Length 234 km Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map A Coventry Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ACW Listed length 40 mi Regional walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Avon Way Walking route 142 km ▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named route Ref SAW Length 142 km Regional walking route
Show on map Rocky Lane public footpath · 179 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 179 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map Rocky Lane public footpath · 241 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 241 m Surface fine_gravel Path type: bridleway
Show on map 40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 52 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 52 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cycle Coventry Route 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle Coventry Route 11 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 11 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Network National Route 523 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 523 National Cycle Network
Show on map [PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle Network Cycling route 804 km ▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named route Ref Starley Network Length 804 km Regional cycle route
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Rocky Lane bridleway · 54 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 54 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map Rocky Lane bridleway · 292 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 292 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Rhododendrons in Thickthorn Wood, Kenilworth
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Wildlife to spot
29,223 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 29,223 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +38
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Tigress Sawflies · Eudasyphora cyanella +31
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Dock Bug Coreus marginatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Tigress Sawflies Athalia Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella Fannia mollissima Fannia mollissima Cuckoo-Spit Insect Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 29,223 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +38
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dock Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Tigress Sawflies · Eudasyphora cyanella +31
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Dock Bug Coreus marginatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Tigress Sawflies Athalia Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella Fannia mollissima Fannia mollissima Cuckoo-Spit Insect Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Philaenus spumarius
Philaenus spumarius
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Harmonia Harmonia
Harmonia Harmonia
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
White-sided Cleaver Aglaostigma fulvipes
White-sided Cleaver Aglaostigma fulvipes
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Eudasyphora cyanicolor Eudasyphora cyanicolor
Eudasyphora cyanicolor Eudasyphora cyanicolor
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica
Muscidae Muscidae
Muscidae Muscidae
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 