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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.04664, -2.60396
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Martin
- ✦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
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Martin
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Martin, Swallow +48 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, House Martin, Swallow +48 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Ringlet, Green-veined White +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Spindle, Guelder-rose +122 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)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
Woolhope Circular WalkWalking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmLocal walking route
Three Choirs Way (Kilcot to Woolhope)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
Three Choirs Way (Woolhope to Withington)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
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
24,538 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,538 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Robin · Raven +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Fallow Deer · Otter · Weasel · Muntjac
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- OtterLutra lutra
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Peacock · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +19
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Common Spotted-orchid · Common Twayblade · Dyer's Greenweed
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,538 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Robin · Raven +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Fallow Deer · Otter · Weasel · Muntjac
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- OtterLutra lutra
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Peacock · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +19
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Common Spotted-orchid · Common Twayblade · Dyer's Greenweed
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Migratory LocustLocusta migratoriaMigratory LocustLocusta migratoria7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red Wood AntFormica rufa2025Red Wood AntFormica rufa2025Scarce 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella magnifica2025Scarce 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella magnifica2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024