🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.97683, -1.91288
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 7 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
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal 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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,509 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,509 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Goldfinch +49
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Forget-me-not Shieldbug · Rhingia rostrata · Emperor Dragonfly · Box Bug +11
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,509 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Pheasant · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Goldfinch +49
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Forget-me-not Shieldbug · Rhingia rostrata · Emperor Dragonfly · Box Bug +11
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Riponnensia splendens
Riponnensia splendens
Riponnensia splendens2024
Riponnensia splendens2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023