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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Getting here
51.20181, -0.40688
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hawfinch and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 115m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hawfinch and Woodpigeon ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 115m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hawfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Hawfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Green-veined White +176 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 25 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Mole Gap Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Shere Parish Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Prospects of Polesden (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ranmore Circular (SCC) Walking route 9.5 km ▾
Named route Length 9.5 km Local walking route
Show on map Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith Hill Walking route 800 m ▾
A gentle walk through Rhododendron Wood; Created in 1800s by Caroline Wedgwood (botanist & Charles Darwin's sister) before being given to the NT in 1944. The wood suffered damage during the Great Storm (1987), so restoration work has shaped the area.
Named route Length 800 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map FP 15 public footpath · 689 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 689 m Path type: track
Show on map 46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh Hill link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Wookies Hole Cycling route ▾
Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Im Still Standing Cycling route ▾
Regurgitator Cycling route ▾
Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh Hill link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Son of Coco Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Friends of hurtwood
Show on map Squirrelly Mountain bike route ▾
Delerium Mountain bike route ▾
Upper Treaders Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Lower Treaders Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Secret Garden Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Graveyard, Church of St James
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Wildlife to spot
10,323 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,323 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Hawfinch · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Jackdaw +34
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Magpie Pica pica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Lacertidae
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Lacertidae Lacertidae 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 33 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Geotrupes spiniger · Ampedus balteatus +28
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger Ampedus balteatus Ampedus balteatus Dock Bug Giant Hogweed · American Skunk-cabbage · Pasqueflower
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,323 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Hawfinch · Robin · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Jackdaw +34
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Magpie Pica pica2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Lacertidae
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Lacertidae Lacertidae 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 33 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Geotrupes spiniger · Ampedus balteatus +28
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger Ampedus balteatus Ampedus balteatus Dock Bug Giant Hogweed · American Skunk-cabbage · Pasqueflower
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Pasqueflower Pulsatilla vulgaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coreus marginatus
Coreus marginatus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Variimorda villosa Variimorda villosa
Variimorda villosa Variimorda villosa
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Broad-barred Fusehorn Arge cyanocrocea
Broad-barred Fusehorn Arge cyanocrocea
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola
Anthocomus fasciatus Anthocomus fasciatus
Anthocomus fasciatus Anthocomus fasciatus
Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus
Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Microlestes minutulus Microlestes minutulus2024
Microlestes minutulus Microlestes minutulus2024
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus2024
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus2024
Nebria Nebria2024
Nebria Nebria2024
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2024
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2024
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 