Hailes Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.97074, -1.92029
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,844 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Goldfinch +49
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forget-me-not Shieldbug · Dotted Bee-fly · Rhingia rostrata · Emperor Dragonfly · Box Bug +16
- Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,844 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Goldfinch +49
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forget-me-not Shieldbug · Dotted Bee-fly · Rhingia rostrata · Emperor Dragonfly · Box Bug +16
- Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Riponnensia splendens
Riponnensia splendens
Riponnensia splendens2024
Riponnensia splendens2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024Phytoecia cylindricaPhytoecia cylindrica2024Phytoecia cylindricaPhytoecia cylindrica2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023