Howlers Slade - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.79318, -2.58560
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational 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
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
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
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
40,777 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Chaffinch · Mallard · Blue Tit · Coot +44
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Hairy Curtain Crust · Common Stump Brittlestem · Ochre Brittlegill · Fragrant Funnel · Goblet +25
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
- Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragrans
- GobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformis
- JellybabyLeotia lubrica
- Razor Strop Fungus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mute Swan · Chaffinch · Mallard · Blue Tit · Coot +44
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Hairy Curtain Crust · Common Stump Brittlestem · Ochre Brittlegill · Fragrant Funnel · Goblet +25
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
- Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragrans
- GobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformis
- JellybabyLeotia lubrica
- Razor Strop Fungus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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