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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 24 ha
Getting here
51.79241, -2.19823
Open directionsv Painswick House is a Neoclassical country house in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. It was built c. 1737 for Charles Hyett by the architect John Strahan.
Read more on Wikipedia → Country house Grade I listed building c. 1737
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
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✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: PAINSWICK HOUSE; Historic site with public access
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Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small Heath +107 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way; Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Wysis Way Walking route 88.5 km ▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named route Ref WYS Length 88.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Geology Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Glevum Way Walking route 42 km ▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named route Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WAS Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Route 6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 6 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Painswick House, Gloucestershire
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Wildlife to spot
15,550 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,550 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Redwing · Blue Tit · Magpie +46
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Ruff Calidris pugnax2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 42 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hornet · Emperor Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +37
Hornet Vespa crabro Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,550 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Redwing · Blue Tit · Magpie +46
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Ruff Calidris pugnax2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 42 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hornet · Emperor Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +37
Hornet Vespa crabro Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Downland Villa Villa cingulata
Downland Villa Villa cingulata
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Ant Damsel Bug Himacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula
Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Variimorda villosa Variimorda villosa
Variimorda villosa Variimorda villosa
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Capsus ater Capsus ater
Capsus ater Capsus ater
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus
Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus 