The RSPB: Nagshead

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Common frog in garden pond

Male wood warbler singing

Tree pipit in display flight

Silver-washed fritillary butterfly

Common spotted orchid

RSPB Nagshead reserve, aerial view

Fallow deer stag

Redwing gobbling hawthorn berries

Beech trees in autumn, RSPB Nagshead reserve

Hawfinch perching on twig

Male siskin on alder cones

Male brambling in tree

A stunning woodland set in the heart of the Forest of Dean

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Nagshead

Wildlife awards

Nagshead is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.

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Top things to do in Spring

Admire carpets of bluebells along the woodland trails
See pied flycatchers and other migrants arrive, filling the woods with birdsong
Can you spot frogs breeding in the ponds with thousands of tadpoles?

Top things to do in Summer

Listen to the nightjars 'churring' at dusk, and sometimes displaying woodcocks
Walk the shady nature trail to avoid the summer heat
See the hundreds of orchids flowering in the hay meadows

Top things to do in Autumn

See the different fungi fruiting both on deadwood and on the woodland floor
Hear the roaring of the fallow deer in rut
See newly-arrived redwings feeding on the holly berries

Top things to do in Winter

Look for flocks of siskins and lesser redpolls feeding on the alder trees around ponds and along the Cannop Brook
Hear and - if you're lucky - see elusive hawfinches flying above the canopy
Check out the viewpoints across the Forest of Dean by walking the long trail

What's on?

1 June to 10 July
Nocturnal Nature in the Forest of Dean
Guided walk
24 July to 28 August
Pond Dipping Extravaganza
Hands-on activity
4 August
Wild Day Out
Hands-on activity

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Latest blog posts

2 April 2013
Spring?
Posted by Hannah Morton
18 January 2013
Winter's here!
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10 December 2012
Winter Sunshine
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Downloads

Map of Nagshead

846Kb, PDF

Date: 1 December 2010

WildSquare Bingo

2.8Mb, PDF

Date: 21 June 2010

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