Short birdwatching visit · Downs Committee / Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife partnership
Clifton and Durdham Downs
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- Resident Peregrines; follow official viewing information
- Headline birds
- Peregrine · Green Woodpecker · Redwing
- Parking
- Consult the partnership’s road map and current local parking signs.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- A complete step-free circuit is not specified by the partnership.
The Downs, Clifton and Durdham
Clifton and Durdham Downs offer a broad public green space on the Bristol side of the Avon Gorge. The conservation partnership names breeding Green Woodpecker and winter Redwing and Fieldfare among the birds using the area. Choose a public park walk that leaves time to scan grassland and listen along the trees. The setting is shared with walkers, sport and other recreation, so use a comfortable stopping place that keeps routes clear. Follow established paths and remain well back from cliff edges. The map marks the partnership’s broad visitor-map centre, not a particular bird location or cliff approach.
Birds and seasons
- Peregrine · Headline bird — Resident year-round Source for Peregrine
- Green Woodpecker · Headline bird — Breeding; months not specified Source for Green Woodpecker
- Redwing · Headline bird — Winter Source for Redwing
- Fieldfare — Winter Source for Fieldfare
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Use the public Downs paths; stay clear of cliff edges.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- Consult the partnership’s road map and current local parking signs.
- Dogs
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Access notes
- A complete step-free circuit is not specified by the partnership.
- Step-free access
- A complete step-free circuit is not specified by the partnership.
Getting there: The partnership describes Clifton Down station and bus approaches to the Downs. Use its public visitor map for the final walk rather than a wildlife-report location.
More visitor context
The map pin is the partnership’s broad visitor-map centre. Remain on public paths and back from cliff edges.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Peterstone Wentlooge Marshes · 18.7 straight-line miles
- Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve · 20.4 straight-line miles
- Lavernock Point · 24.0 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: Chew Valley Lake, 8.7 miles away in a straight line.
- Bishop’s Knoll Wood · 0.7 miles in a straight line
- Sea Mills tidal Avon · 1.2 miles in a straight line
- Brandon Hill Nature Reserve · 1.5 miles in a straight line