Nature Retreats
July 5-7, 2026
October 18-20, 2026
PRICES
This two night package includes:
- Two night’s accommodation with breakfast each morning.
- Dinner on both nights.
- Expert guiding with Ed.
- Transport in a luxury minibus
- Packed lunch each day, or lunch back at the Tudor Farmhouse if it’s particularly cold.
The costs are:
£595 per person based on two sharing a hen or hatchling room.
£125 single occupancy supplement.
Call us on 01594 833046 to book or click below to send an email enquiry.
SPRING ITINERARY AUTUMN ITINERARY ENQUIRE NOWWe’ve teamed up with Ed Drewitt, naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective to provide an opportunity to unwind, be outdoors and explore the forest landscape.
Over several days we will be exploring the forest’s natural side, walking around beautiful ponds, looking across stunning views and watching wildlife which may include displaying raptors such as peregrines and goshawk, fallow deer, wild boar and woodland birds.
Discover more about what’s shaped the Forest of Dean – from it’s famous scowles to the use of different trees; much of this is now hidden among the trees. As we’re out and about you’ll hear more about some of these places and the clues that they were once here. And you never know what stunning view or woodland scenery may be round the corner. What you see will depend on the time of year:.
July: Early July is a brilliant time to be looking for butterflies, dragonflies and wild flowers. There will be families of birds busily moving through the trees including treecreepers, spotted flycatchers and stonechats. We may even see a young peregrine or two at Symonds Yat Rock. After dinner one evening, we will do a late evening walk to Woorgreens to listen for nightjars and there is always a chance of deer, boar and other birdlife too.
October: We will be looking for autumn flocks of birds as they move through the forest and waterbirds building in numbers on the ponds. Wild boar will be busy foraging for nuts while deer will be grazing the last grasses before their turn to winter foliage such as ivy and holly. The forest’s trees will be beginning to wind down and their leaves changing colour. Birdsong, after a summer lapse, will be starting up again with robins taking the lead.