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Marsden Hill Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland15 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome15 ha

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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
🌿Foraging 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Buttercup, Dock, Soft-brome +69 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +62 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +62 more · last seen 2019

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Hawthorn +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National BywayCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Cotswold CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route5.9 km

Named routeRef 48Length 5.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Buzzard +62

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2017
RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2017
LinnetLinaria cannabina2017
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2017
OspreyPandion haliaetus2017
SwiftApus apus2017
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2017
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2017

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2024

Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Long-eared Bat species

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Fallow DeerDama dama
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2017

🐝

Insects65 species

summer

2019

Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +60

Large WhitePieris brassicae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Small WhitePieris rapae
PeacockAglais io
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
CommaPolygonia c-album
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Atomaria testaceaAtomaria testacea
Omonadus formicariusOmonadus formicarius
Rhizophagus perforatusRhizophagus perforatus
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Parabathyscia wollastoniParabathyscia wollastoni
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Nargus veloxNargus velox
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
Common WaveCabera exanthemata
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
Green PugPasiphila rectangulata
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica
Broken-barred CarpetElectrophaes corylata
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Brown RusticRusina ferruginea
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita
Common PugEupithecia vulgata
Grey PugEupithecia subfuscata
NutmegAnarta trifolii
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina
Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
TissueTriphosa dubitata
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2018
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2017
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2016

🌿

Plants72 species

summerautumn

2021

Buttercup · Dock · Soft-brome · Yorkshire-fog · Meadow Oat +67

ButtercupRanunculus
DockRumex
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ThistleCirsium
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
DandelionTaraxacum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
RushJuncus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
CleaversGalium aparine
Black BryonyTamus communis
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow-GrassPoa
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
BindweedCalystegia
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Water MintMentha aquatica
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
BeechFagus sylvatica2020
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2020
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020
VioletViola
RoseRosa
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus var. glabratus
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Mouse-EarCerastium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
SpeedwellVeronica2019
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2019
IvyHedera helix
ElymusElymus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2020
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2020
WatercressNasturtium officinale2020
White BryonyBryonia dioica2020
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Club-RushSchoenoplectus
YarrowAchillea millefolium2020
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2020
CloverTrifolium2020
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2020
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017
PlantainPlantago
MossBryophyta
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2020
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019
Fly OrchidOphrys insectifera2018
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Buzzard +62

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2017
RedwingTurdus iliacus2017
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2017
LinnetLinaria cannabina2017
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2017
OspreyPandion haliaetus2017
SwiftApus apus2017
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2017
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2017

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2024

Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Long-eared Bat species

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Fallow DeerDama dama
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2017

🐝

Insects65 species

summer

2019

Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell +60

Large WhitePieris brassicae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Small WhitePieris rapae
PeacockAglais io
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
CommaPolygonia c-album
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Atomaria testaceaAtomaria testacea
Omonadus formicariusOmonadus formicarius
Rhizophagus perforatusRhizophagus perforatus
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Parabathyscia wollastoniParabathyscia wollastoni
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Nargus veloxNargus velox
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
Common WaveCabera exanthemata
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
Green PugPasiphila rectangulata
Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica
Broken-barred CarpetElectrophaes corylata
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Brown RusticRusina ferruginea
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita
Common PugEupithecia vulgata
Grey PugEupithecia subfuscata
NutmegAnarta trifolii
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina
Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
TissueTriphosa dubitata
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2018
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2017
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2017
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2016

🌿

Plants72 species

summerautumn

2021

Buttercup · Dock · Soft-brome · Yorkshire-fog · Meadow Oat +67

ButtercupRanunculus
DockRumex
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Common NettleUrtica dioica
ThistleCirsium
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense var. sativum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
DandelionTaraxacum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
RushJuncus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
CleaversGalium aparine
Black BryonyTamus communis
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow-GrassPoa
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
BindweedCalystegia
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Water MintMentha aquatica
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris
BeechFagus sylvatica2020
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2020
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2020
VioletViola
RoseRosa
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus var. glabratus
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Mouse-EarCerastium
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
SpeedwellVeronica2019
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2019
IvyHedera helix
ElymusElymus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2020
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2020
WatercressNasturtium officinale2020
White BryonyBryonia dioica2020
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Club-RushSchoenoplectus
YarrowAchillea millefolium2020
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia2020
CloverTrifolium2020
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2020
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017
PlantainPlantago
MossBryophyta
Bird's-Foot-TrefoilLotus2020
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2019
Fly OrchidOphrys insectifera2018
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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