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📷 Maurice Pullin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePicnic spot

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8 activities

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 — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Common Red Soldier Beetle +136 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Common Red Soldier Beetle +136 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Forked Veilwort, Lyell's Bristle-moss, Dilated Scalewort +19 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Forked Veilwort, Lyell's Bristle-moss, Dilated Scalewort +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

picnic area; Allotments

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km

Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route

Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km

Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route

The DramwayWalking route15 km

The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon

Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route

Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

251 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Concorde WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route

Downs QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Downs QuietwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Whitchurch WayCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Whitchurch WayCycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

36,298 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

36,298 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +28

Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects10 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Hairy Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Orange Ladybird +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Lindbergina aurovittataLindbergina aurovittata2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025

🌿

Plants98 species

autumn

2025

Garden Tree-mallow · Water Bent · Common Ragwort · Red Clover · White Stonecrop +93

Garden Tree-mallowMalva olbia x thuringiaca = M. x clementii
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
White StonecropSedum album
Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
English ElmUlmus procera
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garden LavenderLavandula angustifolia
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Cabbage-palmCordyline australis
DaisyBellis perennis
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
White CloverTrifolium repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Stone ParsleySison amomum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Sea CouchElymus athericus
ElderSambucus nigra
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HollyIlex aquifolium
IvyHedera helix
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Salvia hispanicaSalvia hispanica
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Fat-henChenopodium album
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
HazelCorylus avellana
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Catapodium rigidum subsp. majusCatapodium rigidum subsp. majus
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

36,298 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +28

Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CootFulica atra2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects10 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Hairy Shieldbug · Meliscaeva auricollis · Orange Ladybird +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Lindbergina aurovittataLindbergina aurovittata2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025

🌿

Plants98 species

autumn

2025

Garden Tree-mallow · Water Bent · Common Ragwort · Red Clover · White Stonecrop +93

Garden Tree-mallowMalva olbia x thuringiaca = M. x clementii
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
White StonecropSedum album
Strawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferum
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
Rusty-Back FernAsplenium ceterach
English ElmUlmus procera
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
NipplewortLapsana communis
Garden LavenderLavandula angustifolia
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium
Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Cabbage-palmCordyline australis
DaisyBellis perennis
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
White CloverTrifolium repens
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Stone ParsleySison amomum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Sea CouchElymus athericus
ElderSambucus nigra
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HollyIlex aquifolium
IvyHedera helix
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Salvia hispanicaSalvia hispanica
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Fat-henChenopodium album
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
HazelCorylus avellana
Grey Field-speedwellVeronica polita
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Catapodium rigidum subsp. majusCatapodium rigidum subsp. majus
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 Maurice Pullin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

2010 : The Brislington Brook in autumn

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