Lucas Green - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🦋Insects🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.34409, -0.66886
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 384m away — 2 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 384m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Neptune (2)Local cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Titan TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TitanLocal cycle route
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
22 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
9,242 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,242 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grayling · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer +27
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red Damselfly
Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,242 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grayling · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer +27
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red Damselfly
Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoRed Wood AntFormica rufa2024Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2024Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024