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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.59940, -2.52115
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Thornbury Leisure Centre 9m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Thornbury Leisure Centre 9m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km▾
Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route
Cooper Roadpublic footpath · 289 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 289 mPath type: unclassified
Vilner Lanepublic footpath · 109 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 109 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Jubilee Waypublic footpath · 37 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mPath type: path
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route59 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8.4 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 8.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
19,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Rose Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Sun Spurge · Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens · Lesser Celandine · White Clover · Maidenhair Spleenwort +18
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Rose Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Sun Spurge · Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens · Lesser Celandine · White Clover · Maidenhair Spleenwort +18
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriOrthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestrisSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaMeadow Buttercup
Meadow Buttercup
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus acris
Common WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachRusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterachShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisIvy BroomrapeOrobanche hederaeIvy BroomrapeOrobanche hederaePoppyPapaverPoppyPapaverPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaColumbineAquilegia vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumAubretiaAubrieta deltoideaAubretiaAubrieta deltoideaMistletoeViscum albumMistletoeViscum albumField MadderSherardia arvensisField MadderSherardia arvensisWild CarrotDaucus carotaWild CarrotDaucus carotaWild OnionAllium vinealeWild OnionAllium vinealeSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaSpotted MedickMedicago arabicaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascenaLove-in-a-mistNigella damascena