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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.86709, -2.24453
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Cafe Hub — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Cafe Hub — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Magpie +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Azure Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Cinquefoil, Hard Rush, Silverweed +33 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 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
Geology TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
103 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Former Probate Court, Pitt Street
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Wildlife to spot
24,611 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,611 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Herring Gull +42
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Four-spotted Chaser +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,611 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Herring Gull +42
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Four-spotted Chaser +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Four-spotted Chaser
Four-spotted Chaser
Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Libellula quadrimaculata2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratusLoosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratusPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025SepsisSepsis2025SepsisSepsis2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025