Thirds Land - Broadleaved woodland
26 ha
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
52.08055, -2.33601
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Gardiners Quarry 267m away — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Gardiners Quarry 267m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Worcester to Malvern)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
Geopark Way (Colwall Link)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Malvern LCN Route 9Cycling route▾
Malvern Link Station to Pickersleigh Avenue shops
Named routeRef 9Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Malvern LCN Route 10Cycling route▾
Malvern Retail Park to Pickersleigh Avenue
Named routeRef 10Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 46Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
N/ACycling route76 m▾
Named routeLength 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Malvern Hills Long Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route18.8 km▾
Named routeLength 18.8 kmRound trip
Malvern Hills Short Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route5.6 km▾
Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound trip
Malvern Hills Medium Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route8.7 km▾
Named routeLength 8.7 kmRound trip
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
43,971 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
43,971 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Redwing · House Martin · Chiffchaff · Blackcap +37
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Stenophylax vibex · Limnephilus auricula · Stenophylax permistus · Harlequin Ladybird +23
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Stenophylax vibexStenophylax vibex
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Emperor Dragonfly
Redshank · Broom Fork-moss · Heath Star Moss
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
43,971 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Wagtail · Redwing · House Martin · Chiffchaff · Blackcap +37
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Stenophylax vibex · Limnephilus auricula · Stenophylax permistus · Harlequin Ladybird +23
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Stenophylax vibexStenophylax vibex
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Emperor Dragonfly
Redshank · Broom Fork-moss · Heath Star Moss
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator2025
Anax imperator2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesNorellia spinipesOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Reesa vespulaeReesa vespulae2025Reesa vespulaeReesa vespulae2025Events & activities nearby
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