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The Grove

4 ha

📷 John Brightley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.45028, -1.29519

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blue Tit
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blue Tit
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 10Walking route

Named routeRef C10Listed length 13.5 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 11Walking route

Named routeRef C11Listed length 15 kmLocal walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

16,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

autumnwinter

2025

Redwing · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Greenfinch +28

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common GullLarus canus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Feral Ferret · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,305 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

autumnwinter

2025

Redwing · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Greenfinch +28

RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common GullLarus canus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Feral Ferret · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Brightley · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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