Richard's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.87093, -2.26209
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 334m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 334m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Mercian Way
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Geology TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,884 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,884 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +43
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Four-spotted Chaser +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Rubus ulmifolius
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,884 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Goldfinch +43
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects26 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Four-spotted Chaser +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Rubus ulmifolius
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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