Dymock Forest - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.95410, -2.46977
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Poets' Path No 1Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP1Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Daffodil WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef dafLocal walking route
Poets' Path No 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP2Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Gloucester to Kilcot)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Minor road, Dymock Forest
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
9,980 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren · Blue Tit +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Ruddy Darter · Azure Damselfly +13
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,980 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Wren · Blue Tit +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Ruddy Darter · Azure Damselfly +13
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans2025
Ischnura elegans2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025