Barn Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 11 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 11 ha
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51.99702, -1.89008
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 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 — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Red Admiral +177 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Creeping Thistle, Common Nettle, Creeping Buttercup +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Nettle, Ramsons, White Dead-nettle
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gloucestershire Way Walking route 161 km ▾
Named route Length 161 km Regional walking route
Show on map Diamond Way Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Ref DIA Length 106 km Regional walking route
Show on map Donnington Way Walking route 100 km ▾
Named route Length 100 km Local walking route
Show on map Windrush Way Walking route 22 km ▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named route Ref Win Length 22 km
Show on map Isbourne Way Walking route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CC Regional cycle route
Show on map 9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
4,891 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,891 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +50
Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Raven Corvus corax Robin Erithacus rubecula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Swift Apus apus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra House Martin Delichon urbicum Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Tit Parus major Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Stock Dove Columba oenas Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Swallow Hirundo rustica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Linnet Linaria cannabina Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Skylark Alauda arvensis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Whitethroat Curruca communis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Coal Tit Periparus ater Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Blue-tailed Damselfly · Apple Fruit Rhynchites · Emperor Dragonfly · Hawthorn Leaf Beetle · Anaspis maculata +15
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2023 Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2023 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023 Hawthorn Leaf Beetle Lochmaea crataegi2023 Anaspis maculata Anaspis maculata2023 Harlequin Ladybird Rubus ulmifolius
Rubus ulmifolius Rubus ulmifolius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,891 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 55 species
winter summer
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +50
Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Raven Corvus corax Robin Erithacus rubecula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Swift Apus apus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra House Martin Delichon urbicum Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Tit Parus major Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Stock Dove Columba oenas Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Swallow Hirundo rustica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Linnet Linaria cannabina Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Skylark Alauda arvensis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Jay Garrulus glandarius Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Whitethroat Curruca communis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Coal Tit Periparus ater Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Blue-tailed Damselfly · Apple Fruit Rhynchites · Emperor Dragonfly · Hawthorn Leaf Beetle · Anaspis maculata +15
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2023 Apple Fruit Rhynchites Tatianaerhynchites aequatus2023 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2023 Hawthorn Leaf Beetle Lochmaea crataegi2023 Anaspis maculata Anaspis maculata2023 Harlequin Ladybird Rubus ulmifolius
Rubus ulmifolius Rubus ulmifolius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2024
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2024
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2023
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2023
Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus2023
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2023
Grammoptera ruficornis Grammoptera ruficornis2023
Orsodacne cerasi Orsodacne cerasi2023
Orsodacne cerasi Orsodacne cerasi2023
Ischnomera cyanea Ischnomera cyanea2023
Ischnomera cyanea Ischnomera cyanea2023
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2023
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2023
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2023
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2023
Anthicus antherinus Anthicus antherinus2023
Anthicus antherinus Anthicus antherinus2023
Anaspis fasciata Anaspis fasciata2023
Anaspis fasciata Anaspis fasciata2023 