Wyken Slough / Wyken Pool (Nature Reserve)
39 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome39 ha
Getting here
52.44621, -1.46590
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 472m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Mute Swan
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 472m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot +60 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Coot +60 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Speckled Wood +73 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby · 16 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 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
Seaford Closepublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Seaford Closepublic footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
70 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
Photos
Earth's eye: Wyken Pool, Coventry
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,116 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Coot · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +35
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- 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
summerautumnwinter
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
7-spot Ladybird · Juniper Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Sphaerophoria
Beggarticks · Butterbur · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Hedera · Monkeyflower Species
- BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica
- HederaHedera
- Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Coot · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +35
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- 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
summerautumnwinter
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
7-spot Ladybird · Juniper Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Sphaerophoria
Beggarticks · Butterbur · Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica · Hedera · Monkeyflower Species
- BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Reynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemicaReynoutria japonica x sachalinensis = R. x bohemica
- HederaHedera
- Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisYellow Meadow AntLasius flavusYellow Meadow AntLasius flavus