May Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.01639, -2.08721
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
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 7 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
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
Tewkesbury Battle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
Mercian Way LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
11,734 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,734 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Wren +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Otter · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Blue Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter +6
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,734 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Wren +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Otter · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Blue Damselfly · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter +6
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2025Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025