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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.44142, -1.44967
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Painted Lady +91 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Painted Lady +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Centenary Way
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Cleavers, Blackthorn, Rubus ulmifolius · last seen 2024; Plants — Cleavers, Blackthorn, Rubus ulmifolius · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km33 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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 11Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11Listed length 15 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 11A (short-cut on C11)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11ALocal walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
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 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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4,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,582 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard · Coot · Lesser Black-backed Gull +35
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Red-legged Shieldbug · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Juniper Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird +3
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Sphaerophoria
Butterbur · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Beggarticks · Hedera
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica
- BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- HederaHedera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,582 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard · Coot · Lesser Black-backed Gull +35
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Red-legged Shieldbug · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Juniper Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird +3
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Sphaerophoria
Butterbur · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Beggarticks · Hedera
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica
- BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- HederaHedera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthus