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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.88835, -2.29872
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Dung Roundhead, Brown Mottlegill, Parasola kuehneri +10 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Ruddy Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
85 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 BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
HIGHNAM BRIDLEWAY 1bridleway · 951 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 951 mPath type: bridleway
Lassington Lanebridleway · 88 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 88 mPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
6,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,858 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · 14-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Rubus ulmifolius
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,858 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WigeonMareca penelope
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · 14-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Rubus ulmifolius
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cherry Slugworm
Cherry Slugworm
Caliroa cerasi
Caliroa cerasi
Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corniCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus