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Milburyheath Plantation - Mixed woodland

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.60589, -2.47986

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Horse ridingWalking trails

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Horse riding

Strong match

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km

Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route

OTH/117/10public footpath · 809 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 809 mPath type: footway

OFA/26/60public footpath · 475 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 475 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Avon CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Filton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.9 km

Named routeRef 41Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route8.4 km

Named routeRef 41Length 8.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Green Lanebridleway · 122 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 122 mPath type: bridleway

Green Lanebridleway · 69 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 69 mPath type: unclassified

Green Lanebridleway · 97 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 97 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

10,187 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,187 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

spring

2026

Peregrine · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Wigeon +84

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwiftApus apus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
PochardAythya ferina2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Common GullLarus canus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
OspreyPandion haliaetus2023
PintailAnas acuta2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
RuffCalidris pugnax2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
EgrettaEgretta2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Hedgehog · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2022

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Emperor Dragonfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +37

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
SyrphusSyrphus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2021
Nyctia halterataNyctia halterata2021
Cheilosia scutellataCheilosia scutellata2021
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2021
Cheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalis2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021

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Plants51 species

spring

2021

Greater Periwinkle · Austrian Pine · Moschatel · daffodils · Pignut +46

Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Austrian PinePinus nigra
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
daffodilsNarcissus
PignutConopodium majus
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
BulrushTypha latifolia
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
MistletoeViscum album
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea
Common VetchVicia sativa
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Viola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
CowslipPrimula veris
Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
SymphyotrichumSymphyotrichum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
Ficaria verna subsp. vernaFicaria verna subsp. verna
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis
Spanish DaffodilNarcissus hispanicus
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Primula vulgaris x juliae = P. x pruhonicensisPrimula vulgaris x juliae = P. x pruhonicensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,187 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

spring

2026

Peregrine · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Wigeon +84

PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WigeonMareca penelope
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwiftApus apus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CootFulica atra2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
PochardAythya ferina2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Common GullLarus canus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
OspreyPandion haliaetus2023
PintailAnas acuta2023
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2023
RuffCalidris pugnax2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
EgrettaEgretta2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Hedgehog · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2022

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Emperor Dragonfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +37

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
SyrphusSyrphus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2022
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021
Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2021
Nyctia halterataNyctia halterata2021
Cheilosia scutellataCheilosia scutellata2021
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2021
Cheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalis2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021

🌿

Plants51 species

spring

2021

Greater Periwinkle · Austrian Pine · Moschatel · daffodils · Pignut +46

Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Austrian PinePinus nigra
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
daffodilsNarcissus
PignutConopodium majus
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
BulrushTypha latifolia
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
MistletoeViscum album
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea
Common VetchVicia sativa
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Viola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
CowslipPrimula veris
Veronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifolia
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
SymphyotrichumSymphyotrichum
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
Ficaria verna subsp. vernaFicaria verna subsp. verna
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis
Spanish DaffodilNarcissus hispanicus
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Primula vulgaris x juliae = P. x pruhonicensisPrimula vulgaris x juliae = P. x pruhonicensis