Upper Common - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.34690, -0.43636
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 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Canons and CornmillsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Ceres TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ceres (1)Local cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
9,872 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,872 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Coot · Robin +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Slow-worm
Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird +13
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Black Clock
Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Bramble · Foxglove · Gorse · Hawkweed Oxtongue +13
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,872 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Coot · Robin +35
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Slow-worm
Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird +13
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Black Clock
Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Bramble · Foxglove · Gorse · Hawkweed Oxtongue +13
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus madidus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDalopius marginatusDalopius marginatusDalopius marginatusDalopius marginatusLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaConifer seedlings/saplingsConifer seedlings/saplingsConifer seedlings/saplingsConifer seedlings/saplingsHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumEvents & activities nearby
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