Ox Pasture Wood - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.90512, -2.82526
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Three Castles Walk (Monmouthshire)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Monnow Valley WalkWalking route▾
Long Distance Walking route following the River Monnow from source to confluence with the River Wye at Monmouth
Named routeRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 426Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 426National Cycle Network
Four Castles Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef FCCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 46Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route998 m▾
Named routeRef 46Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route12.2 km▾
Named routeRef 46Length 12.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Potato crop in the Monnow valley
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2,145 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,145 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +39
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Greater Horntail Wasp · Beautiful Demoiselle · Banded Demoiselle · Violet Oil-beetle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023
Rusty-Back Fern · Cylindric Beard-moss · Mistletoe · Wall-rue · Lateral Cryphaea +10
- Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- MistletoeViscum album
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,145 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +39
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Greater Horntail Wasp · Beautiful Demoiselle · Banded Demoiselle · Violet Oil-beetle
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023
Rusty-Back Fern · Cylindric Beard-moss · Mistletoe · Wall-rue · Lateral Cryphaea +10
- Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
- Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
- MistletoeViscum album
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Extinguisher-mossEncalypta vulgarisCommon Extinguisher-mossEncalypta vulgarisCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleCommon ComfreySymphytum officinaleBud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynumBud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynumLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesLesser FeatherwortPlagiochila porelloides var. porelloidesSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaSpiral Extinguisher-mossEncalypta streptocarpaWall ScalewortPorella platyphyllaWall ScalewortPorella platyphyllaRambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosusRambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosus