Old Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🌿Foraging🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.42836, -0.67522
Open directionsv
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
30 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
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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hodge Lanerestricted byway · 416 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 416 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Hodge Lanerestricted byway · 155 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 155 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
19,391 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,391 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Wren · Stock Dove +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CootFulica atra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Jersey Tiger · Stag Beetle · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly +6
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,391 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Wren · Stock Dove +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CootFulica atra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Jersey Tiger · Stag Beetle · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly +6
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensisGrey SquirrelSciurus carolinensisEurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2025Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2025NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
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