Wrays Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.17858, -0.20662
Open directionsv
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route BCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route NCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Copthorne to CrawleyCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route B (incomplete)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Photos
Road through woodland at Horse Hill
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Wildlife to spot
3,966 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Nightingale · Peregrine · Barn Owl · Robin · Carrion Crow +34
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2023
- HoopoeUpupa epops2023
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Badger +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Rabbit
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly +1
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
Mistletoe · Dandelion · Common Couch · Red Clover · Daisy +8
- MistletoeViscum album
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Nightingale · Peregrine · Barn Owl · Robin · Carrion Crow +34
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2024
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Pica pica picaPica pica pica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2023
- HoopoeUpupa epops2023
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Badger +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Rabbit
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Beautiful Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly +1
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
Mistletoe · Dandelion · Common Couch · Red Clover · Daisy +8
- MistletoeViscum album
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
2023
2023
Soft-brome
Soft-brome
Bromus hordeaceus
Bromus hordeaceus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgaris