Swinley Park - Broadleaved woodland
21 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.40899, -0.71653
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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
- 🌿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 km7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Cut countryside corridorWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
Lily Hill Parkpublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Lily Hill Parkpublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Lily Hill Parkpublic footpath · 352 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 352 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal 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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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
29,209 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,209 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Carrion Crow +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Adder · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects38 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Willow Beauty +33
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,209 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Moorhen · Carrion Crow +33
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pine Marten · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Adder · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects38 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Willow Beauty +33
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Blue Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusWinter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2025Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2025Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella2025Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2025Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2025Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2025Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2025Small MarbledEublemma parva2025Small MarbledEublemma parva2025Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2025Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2025Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2025Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2025Common WainscotMythimna pallens2025Common WainscotMythimna pallens2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2025Chequered Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis corylana2025Chequered Fruit-tree TortrixPandemis corylana2025Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata2025Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata2025Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2025Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2025