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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome110 ha
Getting here
51.34613, -0.42923
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Bell Heather, Himalayan Balsam +34 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Bramble, Bell Heather, Himalayan Balsam +34 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Meadow Brown, Large White +32 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Meadow Brown, Large White +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Rowan, Wild Strawberry +3 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Canons and CornmillsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Venus TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef VenusLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
12,536 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,536 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard +37
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Columba livia liviaColumba livia livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Slow-worm
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · Black Clock +6
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common Cockchafer
Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Foxglove · Gypsywort · Hawkweed Oxtongue · Bracken +6
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,536 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mallard +37
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Columba livia liviaColumba livia livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Slow-worm
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · Black Clock +6
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common Cockchafer
Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Foxglove · Gypsywort · Hawkweed Oxtongue · Bracken +6
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melolontha melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataStriped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttataNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2024Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024RowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helix