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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.35649, -0.66051
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Stag Beetle, Meadow Brown +62 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Stag Beetle, Meadow Brown +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Meadow Buttercup, Rhododendron, Gorse +2 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Meadow Buttercup, Rhododendron, Gorse +2 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Neptune (2)Local cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Dione Trail (Cycle Woking)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef DioneLocal cycle route
Titan TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TitanLocal cycle route
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 252 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 252 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Strawdown Bridgebridleway · 64 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mSurface pavedPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 577 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 577 mSurface compactedIncline downPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 379 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 379 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 149 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 149 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
13,111 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,111 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Brimstone +20
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- GraylingHipparchia semele
Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse · Shallon
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,111 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Brimstone +20
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- GraylingHipparchia semele
Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse · Shallon
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoLarge WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisRed Wood AntFormica rufa2024Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Events & activities nearby
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