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Abinger Common

✦ Ancient woodland69 ha

📷 Colin Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome69 ha

Getting here

51.19680, -0.38834

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hawfinch and Chiffchaff
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hawfinch and Chiffchaff
🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

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10 activities

Ancient woodland

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Hawfinch, Chiffchaff, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Free

Bluebell walks

Very strong match

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Pasqueflower, Man Orchid · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Hawfinch, Chiffchaff, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Leuctra fusca, Gatekeeper +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

24 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Mole Gap TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Prospects of Polesden (SCC)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ranmore Circular (SCC)Walking route9.5 km

Named routeLength 9.5 kmLocal walking route

Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith HillWalking route800 m

A gentle walk through Rhododendron Wood; Created in 1800s by Caroline Wedgwood (botanist & Charles Darwin's sister) before being given to the NT in 1944. The wood suffered damage during the Great Storm (1987), so restoration work has shaped the area.

Named routeLength 800 mDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Fp 23public footpath · 983 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 983 mPath type: footway

FP 119public footpath · 620 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 620 mPath type: footway

FP125public footpath · 203 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 203 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

56 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Leigh Hill link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wookies HoleCycling route

Named route

A24 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Im Still StandingCycling route

Named route

RegurgitatorCycling route

Named route

Holmwood Common_Circular TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Son of CocoMountain bike route

Named routeFriends of hurtwood

SquirrellyMountain bike route

Named route

DeleriumMountain bike route

Named route

Upper Treaders TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Lower Treaders TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Secret GardenMountain bike route

Named route

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Horse riding

17 public paths nearby

Public paths

Friday Streetbridleway · 877 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 877 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Whiteberry Roadbridleway · 102 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 102 mPath type: bridleway

Whiteberry Roadbridleway · 370 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 370 mPath type: bridleway

BW 140bridleway · 1.3 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

BW 31bridleway · 768 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 768 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

12,636 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,636 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

springautumn

2026

Hawfinch · Goldcrest · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Great Tit +43

HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Leuctra fusca · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Field Grasshopper · Minotaur Beetle · Nemurella pictetii

Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Nemurella pictetiiNemurella pictetii2024

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Plants2 species

spring

2025

American Skunk-cabbage · Pasqueflower

American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,636 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

springautumn

2026

Hawfinch · Goldcrest · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Great Tit +43

HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Leuctra fusca · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Field Grasshopper · Minotaur Beetle · Nemurella pictetii

Leuctra fuscaLeuctra fusca2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Nemurella pictetiiNemurella pictetii2024

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2025

American Skunk-cabbage · Pasqueflower

American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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