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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
Places › England › South East › Bracknell Forest Getting here
51.40000, -0.73197
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 125m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 125m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 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, Coal Tit, Nuthatch +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Coal Tit, Nuthatch +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +143 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +143 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Cut countryside corridor Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cabbage Hill Blue Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref blue Local walking route
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Orbital Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Yellow Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Blue Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Green Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue
Show on map Bike Swinley Green Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Green
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Wildlife to spot
15,317 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,317 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Coal Tit · Green Woodpecker · Nuthatch · Chiffchaff · Great Spotted Woodpecker +37
Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Badger · Hedgehog · Bat +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Badger Meles meles2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Bat Chiroptera2024 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 🦎 Reptiles 5 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin · Adder · Red-eared Terrapin · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta Adder Vipera berus2025 Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans2025 Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 37 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Stag Beetle +32
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025 Goat Moth Neat Feather-moss
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,317 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Coal Tit · Green Woodpecker · Nuthatch · Chiffchaff · Great Spotted Woodpecker +37
Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Badger · Hedgehog · Bat +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Badger Meles meles2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Bat Chiroptera2024 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 🦎 Reptiles 5 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Pond Terrapin · Adder · Red-eared Terrapin · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta Adder Vipera berus2025 Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans2025 Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 37 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Stag Beetle +32
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025 Goat Moth Neat Feather-moss
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cossus cossus2025
Cossus cossus2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Uleiota planatus Uleiota planatus
Uleiota planatus Uleiota planatus
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica2025
Spruce Carpet Thera britannica2025
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor2025
Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor2025
Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi2025
Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi2025
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2025
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2025
Old Lady Mormo maura2025
Old Lady Mormo maura2025
Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa2025
Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa2025
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2025
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2025
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2025
Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2025
Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2024
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2024
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2024
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2024
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2024
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2024
Slave-making Ant Formica sanguinea2024
Slave-making Ant Formica sanguinea2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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