Bending Oak - Conifer woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.32375, -0.68789
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FA]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FH]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rushmoor cycle network (Farnborough)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,691 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,691 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Coal Tit +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Hedgehog +2
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Stag Beetle · Brown Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red Wood Ant · Southern Hawker +2
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa2022
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Early Marsh-orchid · Bristle Club-rush · Lesser Centaury · Common Yellow-sedge · Yellow-wort +2
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea2024
- Lesser CentauryCentaurium pulchellum2024
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2024
- Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,691 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Coal Tit +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Hedgehog +2
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Stag Beetle · Brown Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red Wood Ant · Southern Hawker +2
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa2022
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Early Marsh-orchid · Bristle Club-rush · Lesser Centaury · Common Yellow-sedge · Yellow-wort +2
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea2024
- Lesser CentauryCentaurium pulchellum2024
- Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2024
- Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam
Impatiens glandulifera2022
Impatiens glandulifera2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022