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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Cheltenham Getting here
51.90094, -2.12025
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Ash Tree Community Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Ash Tree Community Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 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 — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Beautiful Demoiselle +84 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Beautiful Demoiselle +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gloucestershire Way Walking route 161 km ▾
Named route Length 161 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane) Walking route 7 km ▾
Named route Length 7 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cheltenham Circular Footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Glevum Way Walking route 42 km ▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named route Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map 52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Gloucestershire Cycle Spine Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 437 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 437 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 232 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 232 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 114 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 114 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Older social housing, Hester's Way, Cheltenham 2
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Wildlife to spot
20,172 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,172 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +41
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Frog Rana2025 Beautiful Demoiselle · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee · Blue-tailed Damselfly +13
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Epistrophe eligans Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,172 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie +41
Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Frog Rana2025 Beautiful Demoiselle · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Honey Bee · Blue-tailed Damselfly +13
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Epistrophe eligans Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Natarsia nugax Natarsia nugax2025
Natarsia nugax Natarsia nugax2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor2025
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor2025 