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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
52.01813, -1.98883
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Wild Onion, Ground-elder, Dandelion +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +60 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Mistletoe, Red Fescue +78 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Bluebell, Mistletoe, Red Fescue +78 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Wyche WayWalking route79 km▾
A trail linking the Offa's Dyke Path at Kington to the Cotswold Way above Broadway, via the Wyche Cutting on the Malvern Hills.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wychavon Way (old)Walking route▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named route
Dairy Lanepublic footpath · 201 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 201 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route911 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,191 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,191 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
🦌Mammals10 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel +5
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
Gatekeeper · Small White · Comma · Large White · Painted Lady +19
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,191 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
🦌Mammals10 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel +5
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
Gatekeeper · Small White · Comma · Large White · Painted Lady +19
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Lepus europaeus2022
Lepus europaeus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020BadgerMeles meles2019BadgerMeles meles2019Brown RatRattus norvegicus2018Brown RatRattus norvegicus20182019
2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorRed-horned Cardinal Click BeetleAmpedus rufipennis2020Red-horned Cardinal Click BeetleAmpedus rufipennis2020Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis2020Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis2020Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2020Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2020Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2020Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2020Black ClockPterostichus madidus2020Black ClockPterostichus madidus2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Purple EmperorApatura iris2019Purple EmperorApatura iris2019Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2019Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018