Little God Meadow - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.82257, -2.55654
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Symond's Yat RockCycling 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
24,239 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Raven · Goldcrest · Coal Tit +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Minotaur Beetle · Southern Hawker · Field Grasshopper +3
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,239 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Raven · Goldcrest · Coal Tit +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Minotaur Beetle · Southern Hawker · Field Grasshopper +3
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Juniper Shieldbug
Juniper Shieldbug
Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025