Great God Meadow - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.83212, -2.54963
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
🌲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
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
13 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
Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾
Hicksters Way LoopCycling route▾
Shorter alternative return route to Cannop Cycle Centre or Beechenhurst than following the Family Cycle Trail
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family skills route (moderate)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling 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
19,048 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,048 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Crossbill · Goldcrest · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +51
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Wild Boar
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Minotaur Beetle · Southern Hawker · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,048 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Crossbill · Goldcrest · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +51
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Wild Boar
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Minotaur Beetle · Southern Hawker · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Events & activities nearby
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