Gorrick Plantation - Conifer woodland
11 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.38148, -0.81389
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Heathlake Carpark 8m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Heathlake Carpark 8m away — 6 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
Named hiking route nearby: Ramblers Route
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ambarrow Hill CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ambarrow Court CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wildlife WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Coombes Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
California GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hatch Ridebyway open to all traffic · 380 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 380 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Hatch Ridebyway open to all traffic · 281 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 281 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Oaklands Lanebyway open to all traffic · 227 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 227 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Hatch Ridebyway open to all traffic · 455 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 455 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Hatch Ridebyway open to all traffic · 482 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 482 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Footpath crossing the Ravenswood road
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22,827 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
22,827 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker +26
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,827 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-eyed Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker +26
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Downy Emerald
Downy Emerald
Cordulia aenea
Cordulia aenea
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaWinter MothOperophtera brumataWinter MothOperophtera brumataSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleGoat MothCossus cossusGoat MothCossus cossusDingy FootmanEilema griseolaDingy FootmanEilema griseolaSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSouthern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinisSouthern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinisBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalisBox Tree MothCydalima perspectalisJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensScarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilioScarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilioCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGarden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmellaGarden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmellaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax