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RYTON POOLS

40 ha

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome40 ha

Getting here

52.34854, -1.45469

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlaygroundToilets

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Black-headed Gull, Coot +48 more · last seen 2026; Country park — mixed habitats

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Black-headed Gull, Coot +48 more · last seen 2026; Country park — managed habitat

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — country park

Free

Forest walks

Strong match

Country park

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

22 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

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

ACW Circular Walk 05Walking route

Named routeRef C05Listed length 19 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

117,893 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

117,893 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Mute Swan · Redwing +46

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SmewMergellus albellus
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

springwinter

2026

Common Ground-hopper · Water Stick Insect · Limnephilus lunatus

Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

117,893 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Mute Swan · Redwing +46

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SmewMergellus albellus
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects3 species

springwinter

2026

Common Ground-hopper · Water Stick Insect · Limnephilus lunatus

Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Path at Ryton Pools Country Park

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