Scarlett's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.49862, -0.84248
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
- 🐕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
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Maidenhead Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef MBWLocal walking route
The Chiltern Way Berkshire LoopWalking route28 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWBLength 28 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Link to NCN 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NCN4 LinkLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,506 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,506 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Canada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat · Muntjac +2
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Stag Beetle · Jersey Tiger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Minotaur Beetle · Cinnabar +6
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
🌿Plants24 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pendulous Sedge · Remote Sedge · Holly · Yorkshire-fog · Enchanter's-nightshade +19
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,506 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Kestrel · Canada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat · Muntjac +2
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2023
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Stag Beetle · Jersey Tiger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Minotaur Beetle · Cinnabar +6
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
🌿Plants24 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pendulous Sedge · Remote Sedge · Holly · Yorkshire-fog · Enchanter's-nightshade +19
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Wood Millet
Wood Millet
Milium effusum2025
Milium effusum2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Common Dog-violet / Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana or riviniana2025Common Dog-violet / Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana or riviniana2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2025Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaLesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023