Short birdwatching visit · Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
High Wood and Meadow
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- Individual seasons are not stated for the listed birds
- Headline birds
- Cuckoo · Buzzard · Fieldfare
- Parking
- The Trust directs visitors to park at the end of Mantles Heath Wood.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- The operator describes this reserve as unsuitable for wheelchairs.
Mantles Heath Wood approach, near Daventry
High Wood and Meadow provides a compact woodland-and-grassland visit near Daventry. The ancient wood has wild cherry and a long history of coppicing, while the adjoining meadow supports a different set of plants and open edges. Buzzard, Cuckoo and Fieldfare are named in the Trust’s exact-site species list; the list does not assign individual seasons, so no seasonal promise is made here. Start using the published Mantles Heath Wood parking approach and follow the wood edge towards the first gateway. Woodland paths are mostly firm, but the meadow has uneven ground and rabbit burrows.
Birds and seasons
- Cuckoo · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Cuckoo
- Buzzard · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Buzzard
- Fieldfare · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Fieldfare
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Woodland paths are mostly even and firm; meadow paths have rabbit burrows, stiles and kissing gates.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- The Trust directs visitors to park at the end of Mantles Heath Wood.
- Dogs
- Dogs must be on leads; grazing animals may be present.
- Access notes
- The operator describes this reserve as unsuitable for wheelchairs.
- Step-free access
- The operator describes this reserve as unsuitable for wheelchairs.
Getting there: From the listed parking approach, walk along the wood edge, turn right at the first gateway and follow the hedge downhill. The pin is the operator’s reserve-location point, not a surveyed parking entrance; use its approach instructions.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Blow’s Downs · 34.4 straight-line miles
- Ouse Fen · 51.5 straight-line miles
- Snelsmore Common Country Park · 52.7 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
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- Foxcote Reservoir · 14.0 miles in a straight line
- Newbold Quarry · 14.7 miles in a straight line