Ribs Down - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.37481, -0.64188
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 374m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 374m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking 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
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Europa TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Europa (8)Local cycle route
Ganymede TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef GanymedeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,932 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,932 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDartford Warbler · Woodlark · Blackbird · Robin · Wren +27
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Smooth Snake · Adder
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Migrant Hawker +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,932 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDartford Warbler · Woodlark · Blackbird · Robin · Wren +27
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Smooth Snake · Adder
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Migrant Hawker +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Water Scorpion
Water Scorpion
Nepa cinerea
Nepa cinerea
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaDowny EmeraldCordulia aeneaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea