Clere Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 63 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 63 ha
Places › England › South East › Basingstoke and Deane Getting here
51.33986, -1.36096
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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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Bluebell, Orange Mullein · last seen 2018
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pachyphiale carneola, Sporodophoron cretaceum, Cresponea premnea +17 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Pachyphiale carneola, Sporodophoron cretaceum, Cresponea premnea +17 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wayfarers Walk Walking route ▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Brenda Parker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Watership Down Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Family Amble, NW Hants Walking route 3.1 km ▾
Named route Length 3.1 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Outward Hound, NW Hants Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref 1: Watership Down
Show on map Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Cycling Discoveries in North Hampshire Mountain bike route ▾
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
1,996 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,996 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Raven Corvus corax2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Magpie Pica pica2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Badger · Indet. Deer · Roe Deer +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles2025 Indet. Deer Cervidae2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2021 Common Red Soldier Beetle · Stenurella melanura · Melanostoma scalare · Southern Hawker · 16-spot Ladybird +13
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2022 Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura2021 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,996 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Raven Corvus corax2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Magpie Pica pica2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Badger · Indet. Deer · Roe Deer +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Badger Meles meles2025 Indet. Deer Cervidae2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2021 Common Red Soldier Beetle · Stenurella melanura · Melanostoma scalare · Southern Hawker · 16-spot Ladybird +13
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2022 Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura2021 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Otter Lutra lutra2022
Otter Lutra lutra2022
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022
Fallow Deer Dama dama2022
Fallow Deer Dama dama2022 2023
2023
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2023
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2023
Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium2023
Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2022
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2022
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2021
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2021
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2021
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2021
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus2021
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus2021
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2020
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Leptura quadrifasciata Leptura quadrifasciata2020
Leptura quadrifasciata Leptura quadrifasciata2020
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2019
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2019 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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