Orles Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.75808, -2.63267
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route305 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route502 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route810 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 810 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
AditMountain bike route▾
Elephant ManMountain bike route▾
Y2KMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
4,679 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,679 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Lasius alienus · Xylota segnis · Common Awl Robberfly · Broom Leaf Beetle · Volucella pellucens +4
- Lasius alienusLasius alienus2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Common Awl RobberflyNeoitamus cyanurus2024
- Broom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivacea
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Strap-leaved Earth-moss
- Strap-leaved Earth-mossEphemerum recurvifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,679 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · House Sparrow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Lasius alienus · Xylota segnis · Common Awl Robberfly · Broom Leaf Beetle · Volucella pellucens +4
- Lasius alienusLasius alienus2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Common Awl RobberflyNeoitamus cyanurus2024
- Broom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivacea
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Strap-leaved Earth-moss
- Strap-leaved Earth-mossEphemerum recurvifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Xylota xanthocnemaXylota xanthocnema2024Xylota xanthocnemaXylota xanthocnema2024Downland VillaVilla cingulata2024Downland VillaVilla cingulata2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023