Fiddington Brake - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.96950, -2.08327
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
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
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 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
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
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
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,426 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,426 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Barn Owl · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Magpie +27
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Rabbit +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2022▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +12
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,426 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Barn Owl · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Magpie +27
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Rabbit +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2022▾
Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
Large White · Small White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Speckled Wood +12
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Miridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatusLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2019Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019