The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.00274, -1.95382
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional 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
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,140 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,140 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Heron · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +43
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CootFulica atra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2022▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
- Roe Deer
Small White · Large White · Peacock · Painted Lady · Red Admiral +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,140 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Heron · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +43
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CootFulica atra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2022▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Mole +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
- Roe Deer
Small White · Large White · Peacock · Painted Lady · Red Admiral +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Capreolus capreolus2020
Capreolus capreolus2020
2019
2019
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberGatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaMeadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019