Perch Inclosure
✦ Ancient woodland130 ha
Plan your visit
🚵Mountain bikes🌲Walks🚲Cycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome130 ha
Getting here
51.80978, -2.58530
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Chaffinch
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Adit
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Chaffinch
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Adit
- 🐕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
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🚵Mountain biking
Very strong match
19 MTB/downhill trail(s); Named MTB route nearby: Adit
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
6 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Chaffinch, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Chaffinch, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
Photos
Forestry track to Buckholt Inclosure
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Wildlife to spot
19,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +46
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PochardAythya ferina
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PintailAnas acuta
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Drake · Common Cockchafer +1
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
🍄Fungi51 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hairy Curtain Crust · Torth Felen · Honey Fungus · Common Stump Brittlestem · Ochre Brittlegill +46
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
- Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragrans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird +46
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PochardAythya ferina
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PintailAnas acuta
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Drake · Common Cockchafer +1
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
🍄Fungi51 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hairy Curtain Crust · Torth Felen · Honey Fungus · Common Stump Brittlestem · Ochre Brittlegill +46
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
- Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
- Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragrans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas