Oxshott Heath - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
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51.33562, -0.35852
Open directionsv 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Unique Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Unique Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
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 · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Mole Gap Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Down Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TDL Regional walking route
Show on map Hogsmill Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HVW Local walking route
Show on map Chessington Countryside Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bookham Common Butterfly Walk, North Downs West Walking route 2.4 km ▾
Walk through one of the best woods in England for sighting the elusive purple emperor butterfly, Britain's second largest butterfly, with a wingspan of over 8cm. It was first recorded here in June 2017, and now thrives here thanks to decades of work.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Sheath Lane public footpath · 57 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 57 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map A3 Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle track Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Queens Drive bridleway · 312 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 312 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Photos Goldrings Road at the junction of Warren Lane, Oxshott
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Wildlife to spot
9,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,233 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren +38
Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Green Tiger Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Anisodactylus binotatus · Common Darter · Nalassus laevioctostriatus +33
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Anisodactylus binotatus Anisodactylus binotatus Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Bugle · Trifid Bur-marigold · New Zealand Pigmyweed · Meadow Vetchling · Hairy St John's-wort +5
Bugle Ajuga reptans Trifid Bur-marigold Bidens tripartita New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,233 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren +38
Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Green Tiger Beetle · Eristalis pertinax · Anisodactylus binotatus · Common Darter · Nalassus laevioctostriatus +33
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Anisodactylus binotatus Anisodactylus binotatus Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Bugle · Trifid Bur-marigold · New Zealand Pigmyweed · Meadow Vetchling · Hairy St John's-wort +5
Bugle Ajuga reptans Trifid Bur-marigold Bidens tripartita New Zealand Pigmyweed Crassula helmsii Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Hairy St John's-wort Hypericum hirsutum Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Heather Ladybird
Heather Ladybird
Chilocorus bipustulatus
Chilocorus bipustulatus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Stenolophus teutonus Stenolophus teutonus
Stenolophus teutonus Stenolophus teutonus
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Cheilosia variabilis Cheilosia variabilis
Cheilosia variabilis Cheilosia variabilis
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Acupalpus exiguus Acupalpus exiguus
Acupalpus exiguus Acupalpus exiguus
Harpalus rubripes Harpalus rubripes
Harpalus rubripes Harpalus rubripes
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Bradycellus verbasci Bradycellus verbasci
Bradycellus verbasci Bradycellus verbasci
Macrodema micropterum Macrodema micropterum
Macrodema micropterum Macrodema micropterum
Ischnocoris angustulus Ischnocoris angustulus
Ischnocoris angustulus Ischnocoris angustulus
Acupalpus dubius Acupalpus dubius
Acupalpus dubius Acupalpus dubius
Oxypselaphus obscurus Oxypselaphus obscurus
Oxypselaphus obscurus Oxypselaphus obscurus
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea
Rhinoncus castor Rhinoncus castor
Rhinoncus castor Rhinoncus castor
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus
Megalonotus dilatatus Megalonotus dilatatus
Megalonotus dilatatus Megalonotus dilatatus
Trechus obtusus Trechus obtusus
Trechus obtusus Trechus obtusus
Strophosoma capitatum Strophosoma capitatum
Strophosoma capitatum Strophosoma capitatum
Syntomus foveatus Syntomus foveatus
Syntomus foveatus Syntomus foveatus
Trixagus dermestoides Trixagus dermestoides
Trixagus dermestoides Trixagus dermestoides Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides
Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis
Spring Starflower Tristagma uniflorum
Spring Starflower Tristagma uniflorum 