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Shipton Golf Course

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51.86169, -1.96905

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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
⛳Golf 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Rook +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Rook +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Marbled White +49 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Marbled White +49 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Gloucestershire Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National BywayCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Cotswold CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

9,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Red Kite · Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw +49

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
SwanCygnus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2023

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2024

Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects52 species

summer

2024

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Marbled White · Ringlet · Small White +47

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Small WhitePieris rapae
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Small BlueCupido minimus
PeacockAglais io
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023
Dingy SkipperErynnis tages
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
CommaPolygonia c-album
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Calocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatus
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
PipizaPipiza
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2023
Limnia unguicornisLimnia unguicornis2023
Pipizella viduataPipizella viduata2023
Zophomyia temulaZophomyia temula2023
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2022
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2022
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,214 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Red Kite · Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw +49

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BuzzardButeo buteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Barn OwlTyto alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
SwanCygnus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2023

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2024

Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects52 species

summer

2024

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Marbled White · Ringlet · Small White +47

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Small WhitePieris rapae
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Small BlueCupido minimus
PeacockAglais io
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023
Dingy SkipperErynnis tages
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
CommaPolygonia c-album
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Calocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatusCalocoris (Calocoris) roseomaculatus
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
PipizaPipiza
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2023
Limnia unguicornisLimnia unguicornis2023
Pipizella viduataPipizella viduata2023
Zophomyia temulaZophomyia temula2023
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2022
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2022
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Liz Stone · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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