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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.47287, -1.42337
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Chatterbox Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Chatterbox Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Yellow Underwing +143 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby · 7 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
ACW Circular Walk 12A (short-cut for C12)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C12ALocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 13Walking route▾
Named routeRef C13Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route
62 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
Photos
Oak tree in a field by the path from Barnacle to Bulkington.
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Wildlife to spot
5,335 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Starling +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Frog · Common Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Parent Bug · Great Green Bush-cricket · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Volucella pellucens +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Thyme-leaved Speedwell · Field Forget-me-not · Dandelion · Cuckooflower · Broad-leaved Dock +54
- Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Sweet Vernal-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Starling +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Frog · Common Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Parent Bug · Great Green Bush-cricket · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Volucella pellucens +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Thyme-leaved Speedwell · Field Forget-me-not · Dandelion · Cuckooflower · Broad-leaved Dock +54
- Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Sweet Vernal-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ivy Bee
Ivy Bee
Colletes hederae2023
Colletes hederae2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthoxanthum odoratum
PignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumSticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaParsley-piertAphanes arvensisParsley-piertAphanes arvensisCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagraria