Brandrick's Green - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.77963, -2.53451
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
🦅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 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Family Cycle Routepublic footpath · 585 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 585 mSurface compactedPath type: cycleway
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
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
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
21,329 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,329 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Mallard +48
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Muntjac
Slow-worm
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Emperor Dragonfly +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Meliscaeva cinctella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,329 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Mallard +48
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Muntjac
Slow-worm
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Emperor Dragonfly +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Meliscaeva cinctella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella
Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorariusDor BeetleGeotrupes stercorariusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus