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![Three Groves Wood (c) Nathan Millar](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-06/Three%20Groves%20Wood-69.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=RI2Lydso)
Three Groves Wood
Three Groves Wood is part of a large block of ancient woodland dominated by beech on the north side of the Frome Valley.
![Green veined white butterfly feeding from a ox-eye daisy](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-11/Trillis%20-%20spring%20-%20Green%20Veined%20White%20%28c%29%20John%20McCowan%20PC2021.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=lFAh96hN)
Trillis Banks
Trillis Banks is a hidden grassland valley packing a lot of habitats into a small area. It consists of sloping banks, fields and a babbling brook running through, while also linking to the canal…
![Wild daffodils at Vell Mill Daffodil Meadow](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2022-04/Vell%20Mill%20Meadow%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20%282%29.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=C8ILz4oE)
Vell Mill Daffodil Meadow
One of the best surviving wild daffodils meadows in the county combined with a traditional orchard planted in 2011.
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Whelford Pools
The site of two barren gravel pits in a previous life, Whelford Pools but is now a freshwater haven for all sorts of wildlife.
Some of the nature reserve has restricted access to provide…
![The wetland of Wigpool](/sites/default/files/styles/grid_teaser/public/2021-11/Wigpool%20%28c%29%20Nathan%20Millar%20%282%29.jpg?h=136346b6&itok=zZnGCQmw)
Wigpool
Wigpool is the remnant of the acidic bog and heathland that once covered Wigpool Common. The pool is situated within a large conifer plantation, and is a great place for marshland plants, reptiles…
Woorgreens
Woorgreens is found in the heart of the Forest of Dean, and is home to a range of wildlife that live within its marsh, lake and heath habitats. Now considered threatened, heathland once covered…