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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🛝 Family
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Bristol, City of Getting here
51.45843, -2.57611
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· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Herring Gull +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Herring Gull +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus +95 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
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 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 Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map 256 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Malago Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref MGW Local cycle route
Show on map Filton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional 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 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
85,098 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 85,098 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Grey Wagtail · Magpie · Jay · Carrion Crow +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Brown Rat
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Unaspis euonymi · Trioza centranthi +17
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Chinese Bramble · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 85,098 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Grey Wagtail · Magpie · Jay · Carrion Crow +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Brown Rat
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Unaspis euonymi · Trioza centranthi +17
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Unaspis euonymi Unaspis euonymi Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Chinese Bramble · Crescent-cup Liverwort
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Criorhina ranunculi Criorhina ranunculi
Criorhina ranunculi Criorhina ranunculi
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis2025
Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis Dicyphus (Dicyphus) stachydis2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae2025
Oxystoma pomonae Oxystoma pomonae2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025