🧺 Picnic🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
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Places › England › West Midlands › Coventry Getting here
52.40754, -1.50423
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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 ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus +105 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus +105 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 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 A Coventry Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ACW Listed length 40 mi Regional walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Avon Way Walking route 142 km ▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named route Ref SAW Length 142 km Regional walking route
Show on map ACW Circular Walk 04 Walking route ▾
Named route Ref C04 Listed length 14 km Local walking route
Show on map 69 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 Zebra crossing to the James Starley Building entrance steps, Coventry
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Wildlife to spot
24,092 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,092 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Blackbird +19
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Pintail Anas acuta Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Ant Damsel Bug · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +3
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Beggarticks · Branched Bur-reed · London Bur-marigold · Narrow-leaved Ragwort
Beggarticks Bidens frondosa Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum London Bur-marigold Bidens connata Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,092 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Blackbird +19
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Pintail Anas acuta Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Ant Damsel Bug · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +3
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Beggarticks · Branched Bur-reed · London Bur-marigold · Narrow-leaved Ragwort
Beggarticks Bidens frondosa Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum London Bur-marigold Bidens connata Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
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