Buckholt Inclosure - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.81390, -2.57804
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
1 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
8,999 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,999 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Drake · Welsh Chafer +5
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,999 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Drake · Welsh Chafer +5
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green DrakeEphemera danica
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
