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Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.44821, -2.58962
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 181m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 181m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +90 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Batman Hoverfly +90 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 3
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional 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 Leigh Woods Woodland Wander, Leigh Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Pass the natural play area & walk through beautiful woodland with rare & veteran trees as well as grassland. Stokeleigh Camp hillfort is perched on the edge of the Avon Gorge, with dramatic views along the river. Some seasonally muddy / rocky sections.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:30-00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 240 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map 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 Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Super Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Incline down
Show on map Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Organ console, St Mary Redcliffe church, Bristol
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Wildlife to spot
123,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 123,994 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +34
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Raven Corvus corax2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax +13
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Chinese Bramble · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Pointed Lattice-moss · Water Screw-moss +3
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Great Hairy Screw-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 123,994 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +34
Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Raven Corvus corax2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax +13
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Chinese Bramble · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Wall Screw-moss · Pointed Lattice-moss · Water Screw-moss +3
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Great Hairy Screw-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Juniper Shieldbug
Juniper Shieldbug
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi
Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius2025
Anthonomus pedicularius Anthonomus pedicularius2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025 Syntrichia ruralis
Syntrichia ruralis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
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