Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.94402, -2.46645
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird 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 Blackbird 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· Free🧺Picnic spot
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +56 more · last seen 2026; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Brown Rat, Hazel Dormouse +15 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Reservoir — waterside day out
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Emperor Dragonfly, Glow-worm +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Poets' Path No 1Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP1Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Daffodil WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef dafLocal walking route
Poets' Path No 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP2Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Gloucester to Kilcot)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit +29
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Muntjac · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter +13
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Green-winged Orchid
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Wren · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit +29
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Muntjac · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter +13
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Green-winged Orchid
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella2025
Coenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025