Lucas Green - Conifer woodland
3 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.34188, -0.66523
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pirbright Military Heritage Trail (cycle)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Neptune (2)Local 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
Dione Trail (Cycle Woking)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef DioneLocal cycle route
Titan TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TitanLocal cycle route
3 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▾
21 public paths nearby
Public paths
Priest Lanebridleway · 243 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 243 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
9,293 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,293 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Robin · Greenfinch · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Gatekeeper · Grayling · Speckled Wood · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +25
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,293 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Robin · Greenfinch · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Gatekeeper · Grayling · Speckled Wood · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +25
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoLarge WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus2024Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus2024