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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.98975, -1.91307
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — Cotswold Way passes nearby
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat — Cotswold Way passes nearby
- 🐕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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Great Tit +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Pasqueflower, Winter Heliotrope, Burnt Orchid · last seen 2019; Plants — Pasqueflower, Winter Heliotrope, Burnt Orchid · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,940 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Robin +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
🦌Mammals11 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox +6
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,940 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Robin +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
🦌Mammals11 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox +6
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roe Deer
Roe Deer
Capreolus capreolus2022
Capreolus capreolus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022