Sallowvallets Inclosure - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.81527, -2.57098
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 228m away — 6 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 228m away — 6 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 · 3 public paths 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▾
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Sallowvallets Inclosure, Forest of Dean
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Wildlife to spot
15,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Crossbill · Robin · Coal Tit +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Wild Boar
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug +15
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Crossbill · Robin · Coal Tit +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Wild Boar
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug +15
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaGreen DrakeEphemera danicaGreen DrakeEphemera danicaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii