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Burford Lodge Recreation Ground

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Glow-worm, Large Red Damselfly +18 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Glow-worm, Large Red Damselfly +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Nature Trail, HindheadWalking route1.3 km

Named routeLength 1.3 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Heathland Hike, HindheadWalking route8 km

A gentle stroll around the tranquil Witley and Milford Commons. Dry sandy paths weave through different habitats across the commons. Walk clockwise clockwise from the car park for best experience. Dogs welcome (leads during nesting season: 1 Mar-31 Jul)

Named routeLength 8 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route

The Fox WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Western)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Back Lanepublic footpath · 205 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 205 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Ham Lanepublic footpath · 273 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 273 mPath type: residential

Lower Ham Lanepublic footpath · 258 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 258 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

A3 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A3Local cycle route

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Farnham link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 22Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 22Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route151 m

Named routeRef 22Length 151 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Alfred's WayMountain 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 routeRegional cycle route

Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km

leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford

Named routeLength 13.7 km

Cycle Surrey Hills - Elstead LoopMountain bike route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Cycle Surrey Hills - Puttenham LoopMountain bike route

Named route

Devils PunchBowl LoopMountain bike route

Named routeCycle surrey hills

Wildlife to spot

28,437 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,437 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

winterautumn

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Pintail · Robin +85

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

Beautiful Demoiselle · Glow-worm · Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Hornet +16

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
HornetVespa crabro2025
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Black DarterSympetrum danae2025
Yellow Loosestrife BeeMacropis europaea2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Ampedus sanguinolentusAmpedus sanguinolentus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Common Wintergreen

Common WintergreenPyrola minor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,437 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

winterautumn

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Pintail · Robin +85

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

Beautiful Demoiselle · Glow-worm · Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Hornet +16

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
HornetVespa crabro2025
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Black DarterSympetrum danae2025
Yellow Loosestrife BeeMacropis europaea2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Ampedus sanguinolentusAmpedus sanguinolentus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Common Wintergreen

Common WintergreenPyrola minor

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Facey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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