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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.90932, -1.96280
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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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Yellowhammer, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tawny Owl, Yellowhammer, Blackbird +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Peacock, Large White, Small White +135 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Isbourne WayWalking route▾
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
6,309 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,309 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Redwing · Red-legged Partridge · Yellowhammer +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2022▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2021
- Common ToadBufo bufo2021
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Dotted Bee-fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,309 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Redwing · Red-legged Partridge · Yellowhammer +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2022▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2021
- Common ToadBufo bufo2021
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2024▾
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Dotted Bee-fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva2022
Rhagonycha fulva2022
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