Gorrick Plantation - Conifer woodland
11 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.38771, -0.82734
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
- 🐕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
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 km16 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal 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
Gray's Farmpublic footpath · 559 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 559 mSurface compactedIncline 0%Path type: track
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
California GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Greenway Red routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hatch Ridebyway open to all traffic · 482 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 482 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
30,491 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie +39
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SmewMergellus albellus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Sericomyia silentis · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Black-tailed Skimmer +6
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Magpie +39
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SmewMergellus albellus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Sericomyia silentis · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Black-tailed Skimmer +6
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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