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The Oval

📷 Stephen McKay · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.47658, -1.47142

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 135m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Blue Tit
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 135m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

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

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

25 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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 13Walking route

Named routeRef C13Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 13A (short-cut for C13)Walking route

Named routeRef C13ALocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route

Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

19,151 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,151 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

autumnwinter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Dunnock +38

Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,151 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

autumnwinter

2026

Great Tit · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Dunnock +38

Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stephen McKay · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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