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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome185 ha
Getting here
51.36841, -0.70073
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Keeled Skimmer, Small Red Damselfly, Common Darter +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking 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
Chapel Lanepublic footpath · 49 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Chapel Lanepublic footpath · 47 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 47 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Chapel Lanepublic footpath · 31 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
Windsor and Maidenhead LCNCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ascot to WindsorLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
17 public paths nearby
Public paths
Frys Lanebridleway · 4 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 4 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Vicarage Roadbridleway · 222 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 222 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Vicarage Roadbridleway · 341 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 341 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Vicarage Roadbridleway · 341 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 341 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Vicarage Roadbridleway · 376 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 376 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Weather for this location
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
10,312 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Keeled Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Small Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker +17
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Azure Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,312 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Keeled Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Small Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker +17
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Azure Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenagrion puella
Coenagrion puella
Black DarterSympetrum danaeBlack DarterSympetrum danaeWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervus