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Wood Plantation

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.51740, -1.62051

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Visiting this summer

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 336m 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 336m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Pheasant +92 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Pheasant +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Painted Lady, Cinnabar +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Painted Lady, Cinnabar +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths 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 17Walking route

Named routeRef C17Listed length 9 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 17A (short-cut to C17)Walking route

Named routeRef C17ALocal 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

4,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

springwinter

2025

Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Robin +54

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RavenCorvus corax
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SiskinSpinus spinus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
NuthatchSitta europaea
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca

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Insects1 species

spring

2025

Alder Leaf Beetle

Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,122 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

springwinter

2025

Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Robin +54

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RavenCorvus corax
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SiskinSpinus spinus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
NuthatchSitta europaea
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Coal TitPeriparus ater
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SwallowHirundo rustica
Rock DoveColumba livia
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2025

Alder Leaf Beetle

Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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