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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 10 ha
Places › England › South East › Surrey Heath Getting here
51.34211, -0.65974
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Gatekeeper, Brimstone, Meadow Brown +76 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Early Marsh-orchid, Meadow Buttercup, Rhododendron +8 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Early Marsh-orchid, Meadow Buttercup, Rhododendron +8 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Pirbright walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park Purple Walking route ▾
Named route Ref purple Local walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park orange Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Orange Local walking route
Show on map Birch Lane public footpath · 39 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 39 m Surface concrete Path type: residential
Show on map Birch Lane public footpath · 21 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 21 m Surface compacted Path type: residential
Show on map 25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Neptune (2) Local cycle route
Show on map Pluto Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Pluto (5) Local cycle route
Show on map Saturn Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 221 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 221 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 221 National Cycle Network
Show on map Dione Trail (Cycle Woking) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Dione Local cycle route
Show on map Titan Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Titan Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
41 public paths nearby
Public paths
Priest Lane bridleway · 243 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 243 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map Broad Street bridleway · 243 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 243 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Broad Street bridleway · 73 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 73 m Surface compacted Path type: residential
Show on map Birch Lane bridleway · 168 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 168 m Surface compacted Path type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
11,416 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,416 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Greenfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dunnock Prunella modularis House Martin Delichon urbicum Stonechat Saxicola rubicola House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stock Dove Columba oenas Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Adder Vipera berus Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Gatekeeper · Grayling · Speckled Wood · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +24
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Grayling Hipparchia semele2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2024 Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata2025 Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Bog-myrtle Myrica gale Gorse Ulex europaeus Shallon Gaultheria shallon Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,416 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Greenfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackbird Turdus merula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Dunnock Prunella modularis House Martin Delichon urbicum Stonechat Saxicola rubicola House Sparrow Passer domesticus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stock Dove Columba oenas Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Red Fox
🦎 Reptiles 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Adder Vipera berus Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Gatekeeper · Grayling · Speckled Wood · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +24
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Grayling Hipparchia semele2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2024 Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
Early Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza incarnata2025 Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Bog-myrtle Myrica gale Gorse Ulex europaeus Shallon Gaultheria shallon Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
Small White Pieris rapae2024
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Sepsis violacea Sepsis violacea
Sepsis violacea Sepsis violacea
Common Pine Combhorn Diprion pini
Common Pine Combhorn Diprion pini
White-shield Leaf-galler Euura leucapsis
White-shield Leaf-galler Euura leucapsis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus2024
Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus2024 