Slad Grove - Broadleaved woodland 9 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South West › Stroud Getting here
51.75713, -2.12050
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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 🌿 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 welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Macmillan Way Walking route 290 km ▾
Named route Ref MWA Length 290 km Listed length 461 Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Wysis Way Walking route 88.5 km ▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named route Ref WYS Length 88.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WAS Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Thames & Severn Way Walking route 69.8 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 route Ref T&S W Length 69.8 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Cotswold Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CC Regional cycle route
Show on map 4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,508 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Blue Tit +41
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Magpie Pica pica Skylark Alauda arvensis Redwing Turdus iliacus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2022 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2022 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2022 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum · Timothy Grassbug · Notostira elongata +20
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Timothy Grassbug Stenotus binotatus Notostira elongata Notostira elongata 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Rambling Tail-moss · Wall Scalewort · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Springy Turf-moss · Wall Screw-moss
Rambling Tail-moss Anomodon viticulosus Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla2024 Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2024 Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024 Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,508 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Blue Tit +41
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Magpie Pica pica Skylark Alauda arvensis Redwing Turdus iliacus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Rook Corvus frugilegus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2022 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2022 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2022 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring winter
2025 ▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum · Timothy Grassbug · Notostira elongata +20
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Timothy Grassbug Stenotus binotatus Notostira elongata Notostira elongata 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Rambling Tail-moss · Wall Scalewort · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Springy Turf-moss · Wall Screw-moss
Rambling Tail-moss Anomodon viticulosus Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla2024 Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2024 Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024 Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius roboretanus
Small Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius roboretanus
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Euscelis Euscelis
Euscelis Euscelis
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Pterostichus vernalis Pterostichus vernalis2024
Pterostichus vernalis Pterostichus vernalis2024
Bembidion quadrimaculatum Bembidion quadrimaculatum2024
Bembidion quadrimaculatum Bembidion quadrimaculatum2024
White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes2024
White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes2024
Aphid Aphididae2024
Aphid Aphididae2024
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2024
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2024
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2024
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2024
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2024
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2024
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2024
Lauxaniidae Lauxaniidae2024
Lauxaniidae Lauxaniidae2024
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2024
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2024
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2024
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2024
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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