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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 237m away — 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 237m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +104 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +104 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 55 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Bath Skyline Walk Walking route 9.6 km ▾
An elevated clockwise circular with panoramic views of the Bath landscape. The contrast of the city, so close to this rural haven, has earned the area World Heritage Site status. Roads, surfaced paths, steep hills, a rocky uneven section, steps & a stile.
Named route Ref BS Length 9.6 km Duration 03:30-04:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Limestone Link Walking route 58 km ▾
Named route Ref LL Length 58 km Regional 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 Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map River Avon Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RAT Regional walking route
Show on map Canterbury Road public footpath · 31 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 31 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Shaftesbury Mews public footpath · 30 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 30 m Surface concrete Path type: service
Show on map Highland Terrace public footpath · 116 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 116 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map 129 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bath Two Tunnels Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Colliers Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
118,559 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 118,559 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Dunnock · Mute Swan +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Feral Cat
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Feral Cat Felis catus 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dotted Bee-fly +14
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 118,559 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Dunnock · Mute Swan +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Feral Cat
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Feral Cat Felis catus 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dotted Bee-fly +14
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Alder Disc-miner Heterarthrus vagans2025
Alder Disc-miner Heterarthrus vagans2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2025
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Phaonia pallida Phaonia pallida2025
Phaonia pallida Phaonia pallida2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 