Gorrick Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.38146, -0.82552
Open directionsv
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 322m away — 20 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 322m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ambarrow Hill CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ambarrow Court CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wildlife WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Coombes Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Soldiers Risepublic footpath · 283 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 283 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
California GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Bracknell Western RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hatch Ridebyway open to all traffic · 482 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 482 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Hollybush Riderestricted byway · 648 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 648 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Hollybush Riderestricted byway · 290 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 290 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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29,808 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,808 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Coot +50
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Sericomyia silentis · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly +20
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,808 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Coot +50
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Sericomyia silentis · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly +20
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaDingy FootmanEilema griseolaDingy FootmanEilema griseolaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBrown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosataBrown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosataCommon HeathEmaturga atomariaCommon HeathEmaturga atomariaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxRed Wood AntFormica rufaRed Wood AntFormica rufaEarly Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalmaEarly Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma