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Slimbridge moated site, 70m south of The Old Rectory

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📷 Mike Baldwin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

51.73026, -2.37651

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Avocet and Chaffinch
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Avocet and Chaffinch
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Avocet, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +107 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Avocet, Chaffinch, Blue Tit +107 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Heritage

Strong match

Free

Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: Church of St John the Evangelist

Foraging

Good match

Varies

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Green Shieldbug · last seen 2026

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾

Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route

Thames & Severn WayWalking route69.8 km▾

Linking the Severn to the Thames following the route of the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames & Severn Canal as closely as possible using public rights of way. As the canals are restored, it will be updated to use the reinstated towpath wherever possible.

Named routeRef T&S WLength 69.8 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

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32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route▾

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Route 41Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Mercian Way (alternative)Cycling route▾

Named routeRef (45)National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾

Named routeRef 41Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route123 m▾

Named routeRef 41Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾

Named routeRef 41Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

176,807 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

176,807 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds110 species

winter

2026

Avocet · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Mallard · Great Tit

+105 more species

All 110 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ross's GooseAnser rossii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
RedheadAythya americana2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Falcated DuckMareca falcata2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Swan GooseAnser cygnoides2025
Maned DuckChenonetta jubata2025
NeneBranta sandvicensis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

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Insects1 species

winter

2026

Green Shieldbug

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

176,807 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds110 species

winter

2026

Avocet · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Mallard · Great Tit

+105 more species

All 110 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ross's GooseAnser rossii2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
RedheadAythya americana2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Falcated DuckMareca falcata2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Swan GooseAnser cygnoides2025
Maned DuckChenonetta jubata2025
NeneBranta sandvicensis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025

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Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Green Shieldbug

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

21 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Mike Baldwin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Slimbridge Church

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Photos

📷 Mike Baldwin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Slimbridge Church

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Parking

2 nearby · Free · 158m

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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🐄Slimbridge Wetland CentreVisitor farm2.3 km→🐄Toad HallVisitor farm2.2 km→🐄Wader ShoreVisitor farm2.3 km→🐄Mission PossibleVisitor farm2.3 km→🐄Andean and Lesser FlamingosVisitor farm2.3 km→🐄TundraVisitor farm2.4 km→