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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.45685, -2.56715
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 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 — Magpie, Blue Tit, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blue Tit, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle +95 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map 254 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Malago Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref MGW Local cycle route
Show on map Filton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map Festival Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FW Local cycle route
Show on map Filwood Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FG Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
52,156 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 52,156 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Grey Wagtail · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Long-tailed Tit +33
Robin Erithacus rubecula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Redwing Turdus iliacus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Unaspis euonymi · Trioza centranthi +16
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Chinese Bramble · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 52,156 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Grey Wagtail · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Long-tailed Tit +33
Robin Erithacus rubecula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Redwing Turdus iliacus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Unaspis euonymi · Trioza centranthi +16
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Chinese Bramble · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae2025
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Longicaudus trirhodus Longicaudus trirhodus2025
Longicaudus trirhodus Longicaudus trirhodus2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025 