Broadleaved woodland near Great Lea Common 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
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51.42048, -0.97834
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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🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· 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
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route 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 Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map St James' Way Walking route 110 km ▾
Named route Ref SJW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map 136 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route CR5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CR5 Local cycle route
Show on map Earley Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos A33 approaches roundabout junction with South Oak Way
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Wildlife to spot
18,985 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,985 records · National Biodiversity Network Canada Goose · Long-tailed Tit · Grey Heron · Coot · Mallard +27
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Otter · Muntjac · Polecat +1
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Otter Lutra lutra2025 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Polecat Mustela putorius2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Blue Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Darter · Jersey Tiger · Volucella inanis +57
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Volucella inanis Volucella inanis Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Green Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,985 records · National Biodiversity Network Canada Goose · Long-tailed Tit · Grey Heron · Coot · Mallard +27
Canada Goose Branta canadensis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Otter · Muntjac · Polecat +1
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Otter Lutra lutra2025 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Polecat Mustela putorius2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Blue Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Darter · Jersey Tiger · Volucella inanis +57
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Volucella inanis Volucella inanis Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens Green Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Mother of Pearl Patania ruralis
Mother of Pearl Patania ruralis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Nettle-Tap Anthophila fabriciana
Nettle-Tap Anthophila fabriciana
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata
Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
Common Wave Cabera exanthemata
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella
Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Neoascia Neoascia
Neoascia Neoascia
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Nyctia halterata Nyctia halterata
Nyctia halterata Nyctia halterata
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
European Corn-borer Ostrinia nubilalis
European Corn-borer Ostrinia nubilalis
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata
Beautiful China-mark Nymphula nitidulata
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Common Marble Celypha lacunana
Common Marble Celypha lacunana
Phyllobius virideaeris Phyllobius virideaeris
Phyllobius virideaeris Phyllobius virideaeris
Small Magpie Anania hortulata
Small Magpie Anania hortulata
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Hornet Moth Sesia apiformis
Hornet Moth Sesia apiformis
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum
Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum
Green Drake Ephemera danica
Green Drake Ephemera danica
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
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