Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.58638, -2.56248
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Rose Chafer, Common Red Soldier Beetle +14 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km▾
Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean DownWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
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Olveston : Old Down Country Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,367 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis · Juniper Shieldbug +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Robin +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Glow-worm · Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis · Juniper Shieldbug +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025