Broadleaved woodland near Ascot
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40577, -0.68024
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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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Greenway Red RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef redLocal walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Cut countryside corridorWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
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Wildlife to spot
40,245 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,245 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
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- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Minotaur Beetle +2
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Winter MothOperophtera brumata
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autumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +38
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
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- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
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winterautumn
2026▾
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- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Minotaur Beetle +2
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- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Winter MothOperophtera brumata
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