Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
52.39109, -1.49454
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 196m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Wigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 196m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus +126 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 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
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef C04Listed length 14 kmLocal walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
Whitley Common Recreation Ground
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Wildlife to spot
26,421 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,421 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Pintail +25
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Ant Damsel Bug · Orange Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,421 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Pintail +25
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Ant Damsel Bug · Orange Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025