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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
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52.38790, -1.55349
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Mallard +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +121 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 16-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +121 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 52
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Centenary Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CW Listed length 100 mi Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map A Coventry Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ACW Listed length 40 mi Regional walking route
Show on map Millennium Way (Warks) Walking route 100 km ▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named route Length 100 km Regional walking route
Show on map 71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 53 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cycle Coventry Route 13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 13 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 52 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 52 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cycle Coventry Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle Coventry Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycle Coventry Route 10 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Church of St Joseph The Worker, De Montfort Way
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Wildlife to spot
21,012 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,012 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Grey Heron +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pipistrelle · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Volucella inanis · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis intricaria · Syrphus +34
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria Syrphus Syrphus Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Orange Ladybird Water Bent · Polygonatum
Water Bent Polypogon viridis Polygonatum Polygonatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,012 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Grey Heron +36
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pipistrelle · Noctule · Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Volucella inanis · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis intricaria · Syrphus +34
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria Syrphus Syrphus Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Orange Ladybird Water Bent · Polygonatum
Water Bent Polypogon viridis Polygonatum Polygonatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus
Myrmus miriformis Myrmus miriformis
Myrmus miriformis Myrmus miriformis
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Anasimyia contracta Anasimyia contracta
Anasimyia contracta Anasimyia contracta
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis
Liguropia juniperi Liguropia juniperi
Liguropia juniperi Liguropia juniperi
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Sphaerophoria rueppellii Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Sphaerophoria rueppellii Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea
Platycheirus clypeatus agg. Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
Platycheirus clypeatus agg. Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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