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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Spelthorne Getting here
51.42870, -0.47586
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ 96 Degrees — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ 96 Degrees — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Blue Tit, Robin +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +29 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Hatton Cross Underground Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 9) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 10) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map 99 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 88 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 30 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 30 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 99 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 99 Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
64,788 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 64,788 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard +37
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Gadwall Mareca strepera Common Gull Larus canus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Linnet Linaria cannabina Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Scaup Aythya marila Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black Tern Chlidonias niger Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Common Tern Sterna hirundo Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Rose Chafer · Helophilus pendulus +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 64,788 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Mallard +37
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Gadwall Mareca strepera Common Gull Larus canus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Linnet Linaria cannabina Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Scaup Aythya marila Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Northern Diver Gavia immer Mute Swan Cygnus olor Black Tern Chlidonias niger Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Common Tern Sterna hirundo Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Rose Chafer · Helophilus pendulus +18
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025
Synophropsis lauri Synophropsis lauri2025
Synophropsis lauri Synophropsis lauri2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Stenidiocerus poecilus Stenidiocerus poecilus2025
Stenidiocerus poecilus Stenidiocerus poecilus2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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