Bagshot Heath - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34748, -0.70545
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 km8 signed routes nearby
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Three Castles PathWalking route▾
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Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
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Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
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The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
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Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
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17 signed routes nearby
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Saturn TrailCycling route▾
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Route 221Cycling route▾
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Yellow RouteCycling route▾
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Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
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Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
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Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
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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▾
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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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Wildlife to spot
18,270 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,270 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Migrant Hawker +2
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Shallon
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,270 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Syritta pipiens · Platycheirus albimanus · Migrant Hawker +2
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Shallon
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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