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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
51.87403, -1.99924
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Ringlet +44 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Crickley Hill to Holst Birthplace Museum)Walking route7.2 km▾
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
22,385 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,385 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Treecreeper +33
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Common Blue · Small White · Large White +18
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,385 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Treecreeper +33
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Common Blue · Small White · Large White +18
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus2024
Pyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusSt Marks FlyBibio marciSt Marks FlyBibio marciBibio longipesBibio longipesBibio longipesBibio longipesEupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2024Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2024Micropterna sequaxMicropterna sequax2024Micropterna sequaxMicropterna sequax2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Events & activities nearby
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