Little Shetcombe Wood - Woodland plantation
1 ha
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.99472, -1.95972
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
- 📍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
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.5 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 6.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,220 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,220 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Lesser Yellow Underwing · Mouse Moth · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Buff Footman · Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +37
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
- Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Buff FootmanEilema depressa2019
- Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
- Poplar Hawk-moth
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,220 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Lesser Yellow Underwing · Mouse Moth · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Buff Footman · Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing +37
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
- Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Buff FootmanEilema depressa2019
- Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
- Poplar Hawk-moth
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Laothoe populi2019
Laothoe populi2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica2019Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2019Currant PugEupithecia assimilata2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2019Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2019Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Treble-barAplocera plagiata2019Treble-barAplocera plagiata2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019