Milestone Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.46913, -0.95292
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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 🛝 Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 218m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous 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
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map The Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop Walking route 28 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWB Length 28 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 155 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN4 Link Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route CR5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CR5 Local cycle route
Show on map Earley Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,398 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,398 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie +45
Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
American Mink · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
American Mink Neovison vison Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species 🐝 Insects 10 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Plume · Meliscaeva auricollis · Speckled Bush-cricket · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Cream-spot Ladybird +5
Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,398 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie +45
Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
American Mink · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
American Mink Neovison vison Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species 🐝 Insects 10 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Plume · Meliscaeva auricollis · Speckled Bush-cricket · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Cream-spot Ladybird +5
Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus2025
Pipistrellus2025
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Willow Emerald Damselfly
Willow Emerald Damselfly
Chalcolestes viridis2025
Chalcolestes viridis2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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