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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackcap +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackcap +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Flame Shoulder, Water Veneer, Willow Emerald Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Flame Shoulder, Water Veneer, Willow Emerald Damselfly +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route

Named routeRef blueLocal walking route

The Wokingham WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ramblers RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Maidenhead Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRef MBWLocal walking route

The Cut countryside corridorWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

39 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Bracknell Western RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

NWDR cyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,948 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,948 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springsummer

2025

Red Kite · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackcap · Great Tit +66

Red KiteMilvus milvus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo
RavenCorvus corax
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
OwlStrigiformes2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023

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Mammals13 species

summer

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle +8

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2023
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

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Insects18 species

summerautumn

2025

Flame Shoulder · Water Veneer · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter +13

Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2024
Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2024
Rosy TabbyEndotricha flammealis2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2023
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2023
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2023
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2023
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2023
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2023
Mint MothPyrausta aurata2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,948 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds71 species

springsummer

2025

Red Kite · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackcap · Great Tit +66

Red KiteMilvus milvus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo
RavenCorvus corax
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
OwlStrigiformes2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023

🦌

Mammals13 species

summer

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle +8

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2023
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🐝

Insects18 species

summerautumn

2025

Flame Shoulder · Water Veneer · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter +13

Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2024
Water VeneerAcentria ephemerella2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2024
Rosy TabbyEndotricha flammealis2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2023
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2023
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2023
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2023
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2023
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2023
Mint MothPyrausta aurata2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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