Barnhill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.79539, -2.57259
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
- 🅿️Parking 156m away — 4 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
- 🅿️Parking 156m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
Photos
Woodland footpath in the Barnhill Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
44,679 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
44,679 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Coal Tit · Mute Swan · Great Tit +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Hairy Curtain Crust · Common Stump Brittlestem · Ochre Brittlegill · Fragrant Funnel · Goblet +25
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
- Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragrans
- GobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformis
- JellybabyLeotia lubrica
- Razor Strop Fungus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,679 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Coal Tit · Mute Swan · Great Tit +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Hairy Curtain Crust · Common Stump Brittlestem · Ochre Brittlegill · Fragrant Funnel · Goblet +25
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
- Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragrans
- GobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformis
- JellybabyLeotia lubrica
- Razor Strop Fungus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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