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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.31686, -1.40433
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Rook
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 227m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Rook
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 227m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Rook, Goldfinch +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Rook, Goldfinch +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Split Porecrust, Hoof Fungus, Sycamore Tarspot +21 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Comma, Peacock +68 more · last seen 2023
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST ESPRIT; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional 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
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route183 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 183 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
3,945 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,945 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rook · Linnet · Kingfisher · Grey Wagtail · Jackdaw +39
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects3 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Grey Silverfish
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
- Grey SilverfishCtenolepisma longicaudata2022
Quaking-grass · Woolly Thistle · Lesser Pond-sedge · Germander Speedwell · Hairy Sedge +101
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
- Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
- DandelionTaraxacum
- RoseRosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,945 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rook · Linnet · Kingfisher · Grey Wagtail · Jackdaw +39
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects3 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Grey Silverfish
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
- Grey SilverfishCtenolepisma longicaudata2022
Quaking-grass · Woolly Thistle · Lesser Pond-sedge · Germander Speedwell · Hairy Sedge +101
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
- Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
- DandelionTaraxacum
- RoseRosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas