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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South West › South Gloucestershire Getting here
51.50194, -2.55670
Open directionsv 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Aspretto — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Aspretto — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Moorhen, Robin, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Robin, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +89 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Forked Veilwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Forked Veilwort · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Frome Valley Walkway Walking route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref FVW Length 29 km Local walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local 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 The Dramway Walking route 15 km ▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named route Length 15 km Local walking route
Show on map 180 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Concorde Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Yate Spur Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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 Photos Entrance to Splatts Abbey Wood
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Wildlife to spot
43,714 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 43,714 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Yellow Meadow Ant · 7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Vine Weevil · Cartodere nodifer +6
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Cartodere nodifer Cartodere nodifer Aphodius fimetarius Aphodius fimetarius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 43,714 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Blackbird +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Feral Cat Felis catus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Yellow Meadow Ant · 7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Vine Weevil · Cartodere nodifer +6
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus Cartodere nodifer Cartodere nodifer Aphodius fimetarius Aphodius fimetarius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
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