Massey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.99273, -2.21847
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 · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Three Choirs Way (Worcester to Gloucester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRef 3CHRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Hollybush to Gloucester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Tewkesbury Battle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Mercian Way LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route424 m▾
Named routeLength 424 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route91 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 91 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
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Wildlife to spot
2,755 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
springautumn
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Little Ringed Plover · Pochard +8
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PintailAnas acuta
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PochardAythya ferina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects18 species
winterspring
2025▾
Cantharis rustica · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Mesembrina meridiana · Eristalis pertinax +13
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,755 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
springautumn
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Little Ringed Plover · Pochard +8
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PintailAnas acuta
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PochardAythya ferina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects18 species
winterspring
2025▾
Cantharis rustica · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Mesembrina meridiana · Eristalis pertinax +13
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas