Bending Oak - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.32941, -0.69627
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 292m away — 14 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 292m away — 14 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
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
5 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
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Wildlife to spot
14,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger +1
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Keeled Skimmer · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Small Red Damselfly +2
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Early Marsh-orchid · Shallon · Bristle Club-rush · Lesser Centaury · Common Yellow-sedge +3
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea2024
- Lesser CentauryCentaurium pulchellum2024
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger +1
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Keeled Skimmer · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Small Red Damselfly +2
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Early Marsh-orchid · Shallon · Bristle Club-rush · Lesser Centaury · Common Yellow-sedge +3
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea2024
- Lesser CentauryCentaurium pulchellum2024
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
2024
2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Yellow-wort
Yellow-wort
Blackstonia perfoliata2024
Blackstonia perfoliata2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2023Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2023Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2023Events & activities nearby
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