Great Bourts Inclosure - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland26 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
51.82421, -2.56643
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
18 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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Forest road, Serridge Inclosure
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Wildlife to spot
11,199 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,199 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon +44
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Wild Boar · Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Wild BoarSus scrofa
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +10
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,199 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon +44
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Wild Boar · Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Wild BoarSus scrofa
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +10
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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