Park Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 22 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 22 ha
Places › England › South West › Stroud Getting here
51.72834, -2.19423
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🌿 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 — Dipper, Robin, Jackdaw +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Dipper, Robin, Jackdaw +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Large Scabious Mining Bee, Glow-worm, Rufous Grasshopper +169 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Macmillan Way Walking route 290 km ▾
Named route Ref MWA Length 290 km Listed length 461 Regional walking route
Show on map 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 Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WAS Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Woodchester Blue Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 45 National Cycle Network
Show on map Mercian Way (Stroud branch) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (45) National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Cotswold Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CC Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 817 m ▾
Named route Ref 45 Length 817 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 45 Length 1.6 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map 4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gunhouse Lane restricted byway · 325 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 325 m Path type: residential
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
47,356 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 47,356 records · National Biodiversity Network Dipper · Moorhen · Robin · Mallard · Magpie +32
Dipper Cinclus cinclus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Otter
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Rufous Grasshopper · Glow-worm · Red-legged Shieldbug · Great Green Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket +32
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Parent Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 47,356 records · National Biodiversity Network Dipper · Moorhen · Robin · Mallard · Magpie +32
Dipper Cinclus cinclus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Otter
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Rufous Grasshopper · Glow-worm · Red-legged Shieldbug · Great Green Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket +32
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Parent Bug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Elasmucha grisea2025
Elasmucha grisea2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Fagocyba cruenta Fagocyba cruenta2025
Fagocyba cruenta Fagocyba cruenta2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae2025
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae2025
Zygina flammigera Zygina flammigera2025
Zygina flammigera Zygina flammigera2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Macroplax preyssleri Macroplax preyssleri2025
Macroplax preyssleri Macroplax preyssleri2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Kelisia Kelisia2025
Kelisia Kelisia2025
Tettigometra impressopunctata Tettigometra impressopunctata2025
Tettigometra impressopunctata Tettigometra impressopunctata2025
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2025
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2025
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis2025
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Euscelis Euscelis2025
Euscelis Euscelis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Orthops (Orthops) campestris Orthops (Orthops) campestris2025
Orthops (Orthops) campestris Orthops (Orthops) campestris2025
Delicate Apple Capsid Malacocoris chlorizans2025
Delicate Apple Capsid Malacocoris chlorizans2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2025
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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