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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.99921, -1.94386
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +27 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +27 more · last seen 2021
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Mistletoe · last seen 2016; Plants — Mistletoe · last seen 2016
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.5 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 6.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,091 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,091 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Raven · Grey Heron · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Jackdaw +33
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2020▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Small White · Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White · Red Admiral +11
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,091 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Raven · Grey Heron · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Jackdaw +33
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2020▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Small White · Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White · Red Admiral +11
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019EumerusEumerusEumerusEumerusMeadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2019Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Events & activities nearby
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