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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.84341, -2.10702
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Cranham Church to Crickley Hill)Walking route5.7 km▾
Named routeLength 5.7 kmRegional walking route
Upliftpublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: track
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route575 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 575 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route229 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 229 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
11 public paths nearby
Public paths
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20,689 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,689 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Great Tit · Robin · Nuthatch · Green Woodpecker +33
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · 7-spot Ladybird +22
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,689 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Great Tit · Robin · Nuthatch · Green Woodpecker +33
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Green-veined White · Large White · 7-spot Ladybird +22
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus2025Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Turtle BugPodops inuncta2025Turtle BugPodops inuncta2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024