Bespidge Wood
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.92190, -1.93389
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +7 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Barn Owl +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Barn Owl +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,463 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,463 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Barn Owl · Carrion Crow · Kestrel +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Marbled White · Essex Skipper +5
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,463 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Barn Owl · Carrion Crow · Kestrel +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Marbled White · Essex Skipper +5
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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