Upper Common - Conifer woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35256, -0.43395
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
- 🌿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
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
55 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
12,999 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Robin · Tufted Duck +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Cockchafer · Uloma culinaris · Acorn Weevil · Gorse Weevil · Green Shieldbug +10
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Uloma culinarisUloma culinaris
- Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dalopius marginatusDalopius marginatus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Robin · Tufted Duck +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Cockchafer · Uloma culinaris · Acorn Weevil · Gorse Weevil · Green Shieldbug +10
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Uloma culinarisUloma culinaris
- Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dalopius marginatusDalopius marginatus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatus