The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.98057, -2.05462
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
Wyche WayWalking route79 km▾
A trail linking the Offa's Dyke Path at Kington to the Cotswold Way above Broadway, via the Wyche Cutting on the Malvern Hills.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
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
1,913 records · National Biodiversity Network
▾
Wildlife to spot
1,913 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackcap · Woodpigeon +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Peacock · Large White · Small White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral +13
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Mistletoe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,913 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackcap · Woodpigeon +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- SwallowHirundo rustica2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Peacock · Large White · Small White · Painted Lady · Red Admiral +13
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Mistletoe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Miridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatusBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaHill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestrisHill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestrisBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Ivy BeeColletes hederae2018Ivy BeeColletes hederae2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2018Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2018Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2018Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2018Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2018Events & activities nearby
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