Gapemouth Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.30907, -0.71108
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
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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FC]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,519 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,519 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Coal Tit +38
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Stag Beetle · Birch Catkin Bug +3
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,519 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Coal Tit +38
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Stag Beetle · Birch Catkin Bug +3
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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