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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
52.43419, -1.91474
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Caféuccino — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Caféuccino — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Moorhen +54 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Moorhen +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly +31 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 km27 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Balsall Heath Tree Trail EastWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Balsall Heath Tree Trail WestWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Matthew Boulton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Millstream WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Rea Valley Routepublic footpath · 101 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 101 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Edwin Roadpublic footpath · 96 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 96 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Bourne Way Gardenspublic footpath · 60 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 60 mPath type: footway
113 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Merrits Brook GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rea Valley RouteCycling route▾
NCN 5 section of Rea Valley Route
Named routeRef Rea Valley
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55Regional cycle route
Cole Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Brick Footbridge Over The River Rea, Ten Acres.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
38,701 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Woodpigeon +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
🐝Insects10 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Mycetophagus quadripustulatusMycetophagus quadripustulatus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,701 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Moorhen · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Woodpigeon +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
🐝Insects10 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird · Abax parallelepipedus +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Mycetophagus quadripustulatusMycetophagus quadripustulatus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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