Where to see Wildlife in Gloucestershire

Saintbridge Balanceing pond,

Wildlife https://fosp.org.uk/wildlife-watching/

Wildlife sightings Wildlife you can see there https://fosp.org.uk/category/wildlife/

Cranham,

Rodbrough Common

Edge Common, also called Rudge Hill

Cotswold Common and Beachwoods cover Cranham and edge common http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/6038739637764096

Haresfield Beacon

Selsley Common- take care not to disturb the Skylark if you visit during there breeding season cause they nest in the ground and they nest in the grassy part and not the path.

you can see Buzzards there if it’s sunny

Coaly Peak.

Painswick Beacon

and others

if anyone else knows any others feell free to chat about them or add them here

www.wwt.org.uk/.../
There is also the Wildfowl and Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire which is the headquarters of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and In the winter months is a good place to see wintering Bewick Swan’s.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/nagshead/

There is also a woodland area in Gloucestershire called Nagshead an RSPB reserve of which you can see if lucky Hawfinches during the Spring and Summer and also Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers can also be seen again if lucky in the woodland at RSPB reserve called Middleton Lakes in another county Staffordshire!.

There is also RSPB reserve Sandwell Valley on the outskirts of Birmingham which is mainly a wetland reserve!

Regards,

Ian.

Coombe Hill Meadows
Cleeve Hill
Great Barrington
Christchurch, Cheltenham
Frampton on Severn
Tewkesbury Abbey
Tewkesbury, Severn Ham
Parkend
Highnam Woods
Nagshead
South Cerney

Definitely all the above. Depends how you like to do things. I personally often prefer to go places and just see what's there. Not even quality v quantity really. More a case of going out for a couple of hours, enjoy scenery, exercise and just have binos at hand. One of my preferred places is Awre, where I could do a decent walking circuit. Best timing it with tides rather turning up randomly. Never huge numbers of anything, but a peregrine or goshawk at Awre for example always feels a bit better than the ones across the river at Slimbridge! No idea why, but hopefully someone knows where I'm coming from!

Reply to thread Use rich formatting