Shetcombe Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.97732, -1.97135
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.5 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 6.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
19,017 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,017 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Long-eared Bat species +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2021
- Pipistrelle Bat species
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2022▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dotted Bee-fly +5
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,017 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Long-eared Bat species +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2021
- Pipistrelle Bat species
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2022▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dotted Bee-fly +5
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus2021
Pipistrellus2021
2024
2024
Common Pine CombhornDiprion pini2023Common Pine CombhornDiprion pini2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Events & activities nearby
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