Richard's Wood - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.86280, -2.25888
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Castle Meads Car Park 104m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Castle Meads Car Park 104m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Route 41
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Geology TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
47,067 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chiffchaff · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Redwing +48
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🐝Insects8 species
springwinter
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Pied Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Loosestrife Weevil +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chiffchaff · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Redwing +48
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🐝Insects8 species
springwinter
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Pied Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Loosestrife Weevil +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Events & activities nearby
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