The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.38414, -0.65739
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
Windsor and Maidenhead LCNCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ascot to WindsorLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
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Wildlife to spot
18,839 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Firecrest · Hobby · Woodpigeon +23
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Curruca undata dartfordiensisCurruca undata dartfordiensis
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Long-eared Bat species · Grey Squirrel +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Smooth Snake
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Minotaur Beetle · Himacerus (Anaptus) major · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Pale Tussock · Field Grasshopper +5
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Firecrest · Hobby · Woodpigeon +23
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Curruca undata dartfordiensisCurruca undata dartfordiensis
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Long-eared Bat species · Grey Squirrel +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Smooth Snake
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Minotaur Beetle · Himacerus (Anaptus) major · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Pale Tussock · Field Grasshopper +5
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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