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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.98821, -1.83627
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Yellowhammer, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Ringlet +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Ivy, Wood Avens, Cleavers +13 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Ivy, Wood Avens, Cleavers +13 more · last seen 2018
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Nettle, Hazel, Bramble +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,124 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,124 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedstart · Willow Warbler · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Woodpigeon +39
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Fallow Deer +4
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Ringlet · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Skipper +11
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2022
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,124 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRedstart · Willow Warbler · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Woodpigeon +39
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Fallow Deer +4
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Ringlet · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Skipper +11
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2022
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2022
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
