Lydbrook Recreation Ground
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds⚽Pitches
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.83778, -2.57690
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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉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 +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Glow-worm, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
25,130 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,130 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springwinter
2025▾
Magpie · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird +48
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Otter · Mole · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,130 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
springwinter
2025▾
Magpie · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird +48
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Otter · Mole · Hazel Dormouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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