Norchard Wood
✦ Ancient woodland57 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome57 ha
Getting here
51.73950, -2.54883
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +84 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lateral Cryphaea, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Bank Haircap +6 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route305 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route502 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
11,692 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,692 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Nuthatch +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Azure Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Red Wood Ant · Water Cricket +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,692 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Nuthatch +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Azure Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Red Wood Ant · Water Cricket +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
