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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.88872, -2.29780
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST OSWALD TOWER
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Smoky Bracket, Jelly Ear +26 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Ruddy Darter, Small Tortoiseshell +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
HIGHNAM BRIDLEWAY 1bridleway · 951 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 951 mPath type: bridleway
Lassington Lanebridleway · 88 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 88 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Oswald's Church Tower, Lassington
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Wildlife to spot
5,747 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,747 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PintailAnas acuta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WigeonMareca penelope
- TealAnas crecca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Face Fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 14-spot Ladybird
Rubus ulmifolius
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,747 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PintailAnas acuta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WigeonMareca penelope
- TealAnas crecca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Face Fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 14-spot Ladybird
Rubus ulmifolius
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasiCherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasiAnoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corniCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signata