Wasley's Brake - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.89656, -2.09940
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Starbucks — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Starbucks — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
Deciduous 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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking 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
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route437 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route114 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
29,104 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,104 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Greylag Goose · Jay · Woodpigeon +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Beautiful Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +19
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,104 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Greylag Goose · Jay · Woodpigeon +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Beautiful Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +19
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria2025
Volucella zonaria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Eremocoris fenestratusEremocoris fenestratus2025Eremocoris fenestratusEremocoris fenestratus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Events & activities nearby
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