51.774228,-2.571716
- Grid ref: SO606085
- Lat/long: 51.774228,-2.571716
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Photo by RSPB - Colin Wilkinson
Wildlife awards
Nagshead is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.
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