🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.44371, -1.31463
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Cleavers, Common Nettle +68 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Bramble, Cleavers, Common Nettle +68 more · last seen 2023
Free
Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +10 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 4 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 10Walking route▾
Named routeRef C10Listed length 13.5 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11Listed length 15 kmLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
3,618 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Linnet · Carrion Crow +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Great TitParus major2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bat · Hedgehog · Brown Long-eared Bat
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Bramble · Cleavers · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle · Wood Dock +35
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,618 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Linnet · Carrion Crow +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Great TitParus major2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- SiskinSpinus spinus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bat · Hedgehog · Brown Long-eared Bat
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Bramble · Cleavers · Creeping Thistle · Common Nettle · Wood Dock +35
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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