🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.73472, -2.59189
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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
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
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
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 42Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Jackdaw +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis tenax · Banded Clubhorn · Platycheirus albimanus +11
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Jackdaw +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis tenax · Banded Clubhorn · Platycheirus albimanus +11
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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