Rate birdingplace Soudley Ponds
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4 Ornamental lakes in a woodland (mostly pine and alder) setting. Below the wood is the Dean Forest Heritage Museum and cafe.
Soudley Ponds has resident Guarda-rios-comum, Alvéola-cinzenta, Pato-mandarim, Mergulhão-pequeno and Chapim-rabilongo. Small birds attend the feeder in the top car park, including Trepadeira-azul and Pica-pau-malhado-grande. Roe deer and wild boar are in the area.
A short climb up to Blaize Bailey gives one a panoramic view of the Severn estuary. Here a telescope may reveal soaring raptors or flocks of migrants . The walks marked on the map total three and a half kilometres.
The Soudley Ponds are three miles south of Littledean or Cinderford. Parking is free in the top car park or at the Dean Heritage Centre. Click on a P in the map to get directions.