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Places › England › South East › Bracknell Forest Getting here
51.39073, -0.69197
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +175 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +175 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Cut countryside corridor Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park Purple Walking route ▾
Named route Ref purple Local walking route
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Orbital Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Yellow Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Blue Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Green Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue
Show on map Bike Swinley Green Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Green
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11,301 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,301 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 23 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +18
Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Raven Corvus corax Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Grey Squirrel +9
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Long-eared Bat species Plecotus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 Adder Vipera berus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2025 🐝 Insects 31 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Emerald Damselfly +26
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,301 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 23 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +18
Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Raven Corvus corax Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Grey Squirrel +9
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Long-eared Bat species Plecotus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 Adder Vipera berus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2025 🐝 Insects 31 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Emerald Damselfly +26
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pine Marten Martes martes
Pine Marten Martes martes
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Myotis Bat species Myotis
Myotis Bat species Myotis
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Keeled Skimmer
Keeled Skimmer
Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2025
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025
Pine Hawk-moth Sphinx pinastri2025
Pine Hawk-moth Sphinx pinastri2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Yellow Underwing Anarta myrtilli2025
Beautiful Yellow Underwing Anarta myrtilli2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 