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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome154 ha
Getting here
52.41204, -1.42074
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Coot
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Coot
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Coot, Mallard +54 more · last seen 2026; Country park — mixed habitats
Birds — Grey Heron, Coot, Mallard +54 more · last seen 2026; Country park — managed habitat
Grade I listed building: COMBE ABBEY AND BRIDGE OVER MOAT ATTACHED TO SOUTH
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 14-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed — country park
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km31 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 09Walking route▾
Named routeRef C09Listed length 14.5 kmLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Coombe Abbey Country Park Heronry
Photos
Coombe Abbey Country Park Heronry
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,212 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,212 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
springsummerwinter
2026Grey Heron · Coot · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Great Crested Grebe
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Pine Marten
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
20267-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Oak Bush-cricket
+19 more speciesHide species list
All 24 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,212 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
springsummerwinter
2026Grey Heron · Coot · Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Great Crested Grebe
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Pine Marten
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
20267-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Oak Bush-cricket
+19 more speciesHide species list
All 24 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Events & activities nearby
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