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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Thornbury Leisure Centre 164m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Thornbury Leisure Centre 164m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
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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Wildlife to spot
19,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- 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
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- 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 · Carrion Crow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- 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
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- 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
Meadow 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 podagrariaMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumColumbineAquilegia vulgarisColumbineAquilegia vulgarisAubretiaAubrieta 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