Wildlife Safari

We’ve teamed up with Ed & Liz Drewitt, naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective to provide fascinating, entertaining and hopefully fun Wildlife Safaris around the Forest of Dean.


You will be on the hunt for varieties of bats, deer, badgers, foxes, voles, mice, hedgehogs and wild boar. Late afternoon and evening are the perfect times to spot boar, when they come snuffling out to feed at dusk and during the night. You’ll be visiting popular places for the boar and looking out for their humbug-patterned boarlets. Fallow deer are also frequently seen here and may be encountered at any time. Amongst the ancient woodland we’ll also be listening out for evening birdsong, as Song Thrushes, Blackbirds and Robins, and less common birds such as wood warbler, proclaim their territories before nightfall.

You may also like the following events from Tudor Farmhouse Hotel & Restaurant:

• This Saturday, 10th January, 10:00 am, Wildly Hormonal in Lydney
• This month, 24th January, 06:00 pm, Stargazing Safari in Lydney
• Next month, 14th February, 10:00 am, Wildly Beautiful in Lydney