Bagshot Heath - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34113, -0.71029
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 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Blackwater Valley Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal cycle route
Blackwater Valley Orange RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef orangeLocal cycle route
6 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▾
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Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
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Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
19,692 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +44
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RavenCorvus corax
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Badger
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2025▾
Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Abax parallelepipedus · Western Honey Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug +7
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,692 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +44
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- RavenCorvus corax
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Badger
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2025▾
Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Abax parallelepipedus · Western Honey Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug +7
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
- Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Scarce 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella magnifica2024Scarce 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella magnifica2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Events & activities nearby
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