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🦅 Birds🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.34059, -0.77887
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Magpie ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Ruby's Play Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Magpie ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Ruby's Play Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Common Darter, Black-tailed Skimmer +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ambarrow Hill Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ambarrow Court Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Wildlife Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Finchampstead Ridges Ramble, Finchampstead Ridges Walking route 2.2 km ▾
A waymarked trail across Finchampstead Ridges, with views toward the Hog's Back ridge in Surrey. The route takes in two ponds, a woodland section, with slopes & opportunities to spot wildlife including birds of prey, deer and colourful dragonflies
Named route Length 2.2 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Shepherd Meadows public footpath · 8 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 8 m Surface concrete Incline down Path type: footway
Show on map Shepherd Meadows public footpath · 156 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 156 m Surface compacted Path type: footway
Show on map Rosedene Lane public footpath · 4 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 4 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map 14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 221 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 221 National Cycle Network
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Red Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref red Local cycle route
Show on map Cove LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Blue Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref blue Local cycle route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User Path Mountain bike route ▾
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue
Show on map Bike Swinley Green Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Green
Show on map Photos Waitrose superstore, College Town
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Wildlife to spot
20,263 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,263 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Goldcrest · Woodpigeon · Magpie +44
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Harvest Mouse · Indet. Deer
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Indet. Deer Cervidae Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Hornet Hoverfly · Goat Moth · Jersey Tiger +10
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Goat Moth Cossus cossus Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,263 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Goldcrest · Woodpigeon · Magpie +44
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Harvest Mouse · Indet. Deer
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Indet. Deer Cervidae Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Hornet Hoverfly · Goat Moth · Jersey Tiger +10
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Goat Moth Cossus cossus Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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