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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.81826, -2.22403
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Pied Wagtail
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Gloucester Services Southbound — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Pied Wagtail
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Gloucester Services Southbound — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Moorhen +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Moorhen +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor Dragonfly, Common Darter +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Geology TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gilberts Lanepublic footpath · 9 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mSurface grassPath type: track
Gilberts Lanepublic footpath · 211 m▾
Impassable at Oct 09
Public pathpublic footpathLength 211 mSurface grassPath type: footway
Gilberts Lanepublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mSurface grassPath type: track
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route236 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 236 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route54 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 54 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route231 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 231 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gilberts Lanebridleway · 162 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 162 mSurface grassPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
8,946 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,946 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Pied Wagtail · Moorhen +29
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Eristalis similis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,946 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Pied Wagtail · Moorhen +29
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +11
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Eristalis similis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis similis
Eristalis similis
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025