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Great Burstead Common

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🅿️Parking 128m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 128m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Wigeon, Shoveler +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Wigeon, Shoveler +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 public paths nearby

Public paths

Broomhills Chasepublic footpath · 84 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 84 mPath type: residential

Broomhills Chasepublic footpath · 289 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 289 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route123 m

Named routeRef 13Length 123 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route181 m

Named routeRef 13Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route934 m

Named routeRef 16Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

7,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

winterautumn

2026

Pochard · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Ruff +25

PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PintailAnas acuta2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2026

Bank Vole · Muntjac · Badger

Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,108 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds30 species

winterautumn

2026

Pochard · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Shoveler · Ruff +25

PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
PintailAnas acuta2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
Egretta garzetta garzettaEgretta garzetta garzetta2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2026

Bank Vole · Muntjac · Badger

Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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