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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.45426, -2.59594
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Rose Chafer +98 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Rose Chafer +98 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 3
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 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 Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Samaritans Way South West Walking route 166 km ▾
Named route Length 166 km Regional 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 245 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Malago Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref MGW Local cycle route
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map Festival Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FW Local cycle route
Show on map Filwood Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref FG 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 ▾
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Wildlife to spot
90,484 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 90,484 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Jay · Blackbird · Grey Wagtail · Great Tit +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Raven Corvus corax2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax +15
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi Anomalous Bristle-moss · Chinese Bramble · Wall Screw-moss · Pointed Lattice-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia +3
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Great Hairy Screw-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 90,484 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Jay · Blackbird · Grey Wagtail · Great Tit +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Raven Corvus corax2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Redwing Turdus iliacus House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax +15
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi Anomalous Bristle-moss · Chinese Bramble · Wall Screw-moss · Pointed Lattice-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia +3
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis Pointed Lattice-moss Dialytrichia mucronata Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Great Hairy Screw-moss Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
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
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025 Syntrichia ruralis
Syntrichia ruralis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis
Sand-hill Screw-moss Syntrichia ruraliformis 