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Highnam Court

📷 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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Common Darter, Ringlet +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Common Darter, Ringlet +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Rubus ulmifolius · last seen 2025; Plants — Rubus ulmifolius · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km

Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route

Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km

Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye

Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route

Geopark WayWalking route175 km

Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route

Geology TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

84 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Newent Cycling LoopCycling route

Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route47 m

Named routeRef 42Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

15,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwiftApus apus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects61 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Common Darter · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +56

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Face FlyMusca autumnalis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Wood WhiteLeptidea sinapis2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi
Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus
Malthodes marginatusMalthodes marginatus
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Cymus melanocephalusCymus melanocephalus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Rubus ulmifolius

Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,076 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit +61

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SwiftApus apus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects61 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Common Darter · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +56

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Face FlyMusca autumnalis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Wood WhiteLeptidea sinapis2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi
Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus
Malthodes marginatusMalthodes marginatus
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Denticollis linearisDenticollis linearis
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Cymus melanocephalusCymus melanocephalus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Rubus ulmifolius

Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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