St Margaret's Grove - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.74537, -2.66050
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Bigsweir Wood Car Park 166m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Bigsweir Wood Car Park 166m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Offa's Dyke Path
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32Regional cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
42,904 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,904 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Firecrest · Nuthatch · Dunnock · Coal Tit · Kingfisher +40
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Otter
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- FrogRana
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle +47
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common Hemp-nettle · Eyebright · Knotgrass
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,904 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Firecrest · Nuthatch · Dunnock · Coal Tit · Kingfisher +40
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Otter
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- FrogRana
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Common Darter · Beautiful Demoiselle +47
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common Hemp-nettle · Eyebright · Knotgrass
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas