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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 19 ha
Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.44035, -2.56698
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 22-spot Ladybird +96 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 22-spot Ladybird +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Frome Valley Walkway Walking route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref FVW Length 29 km Local walking route
Show on map Leigh Woods Woodland Wander, Leigh Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Pass the natural play area & walk through beautiful woodland with rare & veteran trees as well as grassland. Stokeleigh Camp hillfort is perched on the edge of the Avon Gorge, with dramatic views along the river. Some seasonally muddy / rocky sections.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:30-00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Saint Phillips Greenway public footpath · 7 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 7 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map May Walk public footpath · 99 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 99 m Surface asphalt Incline up Path type: footway
Show on map Victor Street public footpath · 61 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 61 m Surface sett Path type: unclassified
Show on map 239 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Concorde Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos SW corner of Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol
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Wildlife to spot
88,581 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 88,581 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +32
Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird +6
Pachyrhinus lethierryi Pachyrhinus lethierryi Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Chinese Bramble
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 88,581 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +32
Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Pipistrelle
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird +6
Pachyrhinus lethierryi Pachyrhinus lethierryi Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Chinese Bramble
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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