Plan your visit
🐄Farms🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome63 ha
Getting here
52.65252, -1.52907
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Twycross Zoo on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Twycross Zoo on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Red Admiral +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route772 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 772 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route376 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 376 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,783 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Mallard +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Rabbit · Weasel · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Wasp · Red-legged Shieldbug +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-streaked Ladybird
Chicken Of The Woods
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Greater Burdock
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,783 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Mallard +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Rabbit · Weasel · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Wasp · Red-legged Shieldbug +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-streaked Ladybird
Chicken Of The Woods
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Greater Burdock
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia quadripunctata
Harmonia quadripunctata
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