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Badger Park

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Public accessDogs welcome

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51.15201, -0.61766

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields 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

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Little Grebe, Coot, Moorhen +79 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Little Grebe, Coot, Moorhen +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Alder Leaf Beetle, Common Darter +52 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Alder Leaf Beetle, Common Darter +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Surrey Cycleway

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nature Trail, HindheadWalking route1.3 km

Named routeLength 1.3 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Heathland Hike, HindheadWalking route8 km

A gentle stroll around the tranquil Witley and Milford Commons. Dry sandy paths weave through different habitats across the commons. Walk clockwise clockwise from the car park for best experience. Dogs welcome (leads during nesting season: 1 Mar-31 Jul)

Named routeLength 8 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route

The Fox WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wey-South PathWalking route

follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal

Named routeRegional walking route

Octavia Hill Walk around Hydon's Ball and Heath, HindheadWalking route2.4 km

A relaxing circular walk through shady woodland & across open heathland. Sandy soil makes it ideal for families in all seasons. Hydon's Ball is within the Surrey Hills AONB & is a memorial to National Trust co-founder, Octavia Hill, who died in 1912.

Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Farnham link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Haslemere link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route780 m

Named routeRef 22Length 780 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 22Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle Surrey Hills - Elstead LoopMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Cycle Surrey Hills - Puttenham LoopMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths

Potters Hillbridleway · 377 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 377 mSurface gravelPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

5,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Coot · Little Grebe · Moorhen · Blackbird · Magpie +52

CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Common TernSterna hirundo
TealAnas crecca
JackdawColoeus monedula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Vulpes

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
VulpesVulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2024

Pike · Perch · Rudd

PikeEsox lucius
PerchPerca fluviatilis
RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus

🐝

Insects21 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Darter · Eupeodes · Eristalis pertinax · Polydrusus formosus · Broad-bodied Chaser +16

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
EupeodesEupeodes
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2024
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
XanthogrammaXanthogramma2024
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,802 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Coot · Little Grebe · Moorhen · Blackbird · Magpie +52

CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LinnetLinaria cannabina
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Common TernSterna hirundo
TealAnas crecca
JackdawColoeus monedula
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Rock DoveColumba livia
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Vulpes

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
VulpesVulpes

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2024

Pike · Perch · Rudd

PikeEsox lucius
PerchPerca fluviatilis
RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus

🐝

Insects21 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Darter · Eupeodes · Eristalis pertinax · Polydrusus formosus · Broad-bodied Chaser +16

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
EupeodesEupeodes
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2025
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2024
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2024
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
XanthogrammaXanthogramma2024
Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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