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Foxcote Hill

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Wren +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Marbled White +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Marbled White +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National BywayCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Cotswold CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,899 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,899 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Buzzard · Blackbird +34

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock +11

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,899 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Buzzard · Blackbird +34

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects16 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Gatekeeper · Peacock +11

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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