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Whitecroft Allotments

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51.75193, -2.55753

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and House Sparrow
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +31 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +31 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +31 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +31 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Eristalis tenax +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 22-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Eristalis tenax +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mallards Pike LinkCycling route

Named route

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route305 m

Named routeRef 42Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route502 m

Named routeRef 42Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

33,506 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,506 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds28 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Starling · Jackdaw · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +23

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,506 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Starling · Jackdaw · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +23

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jaggery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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