Sheepcombe Brake ✦ Ancient woodland 18 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 18 ha
Places › England › South West › South Gloucestershire Getting here
51.58155, -2.55541
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Glow-worm, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Rose Chafer +13 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Frome Valley Walkway Walking route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref FVW Length 29 km Local walking route
Show on map Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire) Walking route 27 km ▾
Named route Ref JWSG Length 27 km Local walking route
Show on map 20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Filton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV1 International cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Concorde Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Windmill House, residential care home, Alveston Road
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12,073 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,073 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Skylark Alauda arvensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Linnet Linaria cannabina Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Swallow Hirundo rustica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stonechat Saxicola rubicola House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Tawny Owl Strix aluco Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Stock Dove Columba oenas Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum Whitethroat Curruca communis 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Glow-worm · Rose Chafer · Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis +4
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Viburnum Scale Lichtensia viburni Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,073 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Herring Gull Larus argentatus Magpie Pica pica Rock Dove Columba livia Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Skylark Alauda arvensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Linnet Linaria cannabina Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Swallow Hirundo rustica Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stonechat Saxicola rubicola House Sparrow Passer domesticus Coal Tit Periparus ater Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Tawny Owl Strix aluco Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Stock Dove Columba oenas Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum Whitethroat Curruca communis 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Glow-worm · Rose Chafer · Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis +4
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Viburnum Scale Lichtensia viburni Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 