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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Malvern Hills Getting here
52.27291, -2.56458
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Conocephalum salebrosum, Raspberry +3 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +69 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Brown Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Branched Bur-reed, Goat Willow +112 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Branched Bur-reed, Goat Willow +112 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Herefordshire Trail Walking route 246.5 km ▾
Named route Length 246.5 km Regional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,697 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,697 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon +25
Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Noctule · Brown Hare
Noctule Nyctalus noctula Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 🐝 Insects 20 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +15
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Hazel · Ash · Field Maple · Goat Willow · Buckler-Fern +3
Hazel Corylus avellana Ash Fraxinus excelsior Field Maple Acer campestre Goat Willow Salix caprea Buckler-Fern Dryopteris affinis subsp. affinis Sessile Oak Quercus petraea Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,697 records · National Biodiversity Network Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon +25
Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Noctule · Brown Hare
Noctule Nyctalus noctula Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 🐝 Insects 20 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +15
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Hazel · Ash · Field Maple · Goat Willow · Buckler-Fern +3
Hazel Corylus avellana Ash Fraxinus excelsior Field Maple Acer campestre Goat Willow Salix caprea Buckler-Fern Dryopteris affinis subsp. affinis Sessile Oak Quercus petraea Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella
Coenagrion puella
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2024
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2024
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2023
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2023
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2023
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata2023
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata2023
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes2023
Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes2023
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2023
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2023
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra
Wych Elm Ulmus glabra 