Roman site 150yds (140m) E of Palace Cottage, Boughspring
0 ha
🦉Wildlife✦Heritage🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.67335, -2.63815
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Wales Coast Path (South Wales)Walking route▾
Named routeRef WCPNational walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Wye Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
Green Tiger Beetle · Rugged Oil-beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle · Western Honey Bee · Large Red Damselfly +13
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
Green Tiger Beetle · Rugged Oil-beetle · Lesser Stag Beetle · Western Honey Bee · Large Red Damselfly +13
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Grasshopper
Field Grasshopper
Chorthippus brunneus
Chorthippus brunneus
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2024Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Events & activities nearby
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