St James Caravan Park - Conifer woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.77677, -2.60667
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
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
15,031 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,031 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · House Sparrow · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad
Ringlet · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White +15
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
🌿Plants3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Bruch's Pincushion · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2024
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,031 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · House Sparrow · Robin +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad
Ringlet · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White +15
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
🌿Plants3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Bruch's Pincushion · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2024
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas