Badminton Down
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.56814, -2.26424
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Yellowhammer +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Yellowhammer +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Red Dead-nettle, Bramble +26 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Jacobaea, Thick-leaved Stonecrop +244 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +6 more · last seen 2018; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +6 more · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,368 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,368 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSkylark · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +41
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Noctule · Roe Deer +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Barbastelle
Hogweed · Pignut
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,368 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSkylark · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +41
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- CurlewNumenius arquata2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Noctule · Roe Deer +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Barbastelle
Hogweed · Pignut
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Barbastella barbastellus
Barbastella barbastellus
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinusEurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinusRabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022Events & activities nearby
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