Mailscot Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland24 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
51.81722, -2.63744
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾
Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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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Wildlife to spot
11,429 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,429 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Goldcrest +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Black Sexton Beetle · Dor Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Eyed Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle +10
- Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
🌿Plants3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Traveller's-joy · Tutsan · Hart's-Tongue
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,429 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Goldcrest +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Black Sexton Beetle · Dor Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Eyed Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle +10
- Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
🌿Plants3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Traveller's-joy · Tutsan · Hart's-Tongue
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Shining Guest AntFormicoxenus nitidulus2025Shining Guest AntFormicoxenus nitidulus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2025Ephemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2025Ephemera vulgataEphemera vulgata2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Events & activities nearby
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