Cotts Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.26146, -0.51338
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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 km20 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Western)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Guildford Nature TrailWalking route▾
Scholar's TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mars TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef MarsLocal cycle route
Phobos TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef PhobosLocal cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Earth TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef EarthLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Guildford to Chertsey
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newlands Corner BombholesMountain bike route▾
Newlands Corner Bombholes 3Mountain bike route▾
Newlands Corner Bombholes 2Mountain bike route▾
Cobra KaiMountain bike route▾
The TubeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
47,107 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,107 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Coot · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Marmalade Hoverfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Carabus problematicus · Syritta pipiens · Green Shieldbug +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hart's-Tongue · Ground-elder · Early Dog-violet
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,107 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Coot · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Marmalade Hoverfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Carabus problematicus · Syritta pipiens · Green Shieldbug +5
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hart's-Tongue · Ground-elder · Early Dog-violet
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025