Reed Wood - Mixed woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.98272, -1.89862
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
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
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,864 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Great Tit +48
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwiftApus apus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +4
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey Squirrel
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Syrphus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,864 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Great Tit +48
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwiftApus apus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +4
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey Squirrel
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Syrphus · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis2022
Sciurus carolinensis2022
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022