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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +39 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +39 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus, Marmalade Hoverfly +26 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus, Marmalade Hoverfly +26 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Giant Blackberry · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Blackberry · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

32 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 01Walking route

Named routeRef C01Listed length 11 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 01A (short-cut for C01)Walking route

Named routeRef C01ALocal walking route

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Cycling

69 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

Wildlife to spot

7,881 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,881 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Dunnock +22

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
NuthatchSitta europaea
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

springwinter

2026

Yellow Meadow Ant · 7-spot Ladybird

Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,881 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds27 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Dunnock +22

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
NuthatchSitta europaea
JackdawColoeus monedula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects2 species

springwinter

2026

Yellow Meadow Ant · 7-spot Ladybird

Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 A J Paxton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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