Windsor Forest - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.44936, -0.66035
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee River PathWalking route▾
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational 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
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Holyport GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,477 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,477 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Herring Gull · Robin +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Cinnabar · Common Blue Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker +34
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,477 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Herring Gull · Robin +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2025▾
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Cinnabar · Common Blue Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker +34
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
