Broadleaved woodland near Chertsey Meads 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Spelthorne Getting here
51.39319, -0.47591
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 8 km ▾
This walk follows the route of the last commercial barges on the Wey Navigations. The large Wey barges, owned by Stevens and Sons, transported grain from the Royal Docks in London to Coxes Mill in Addlestone until the late 1960s.
Named route Length 8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Footpath - Next to the M3 Motorway
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Brown Rat
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus
Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
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