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Hanningfield Reservoir

625 ha

📷 terry joyce · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome625 ha

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51.65677, 0.50290

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Great Crested Grebe
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Greylag Goose and Great Crested Grebe
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Greylag Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Greylag Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Yellow Brain · last seen 2026; Fungi — Yellow Brain · last seen 2026

Varies

Waterside walks

Good match

Reservoir — waterside public access

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 39 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

St Peter's WayWalking route66 km

Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route

South Hanningfield Waypublic footpath · 292 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 292 mSurface groundPath type: footway

Pynnings Farm Lanepublic footpath · 134 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 134 mPath type: service

South Hanningfield Waypublic footpath · 173 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 173 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route801 m

Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route137 m

Named routeRef 13Length 137 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route321 m

Named routeRef 13Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route448 m

Named routeRef 13Length 448 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route527 m

Named routeRef 13Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

59,860 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

59,860 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Greylag Goose · Lapwing · Robin · Mallard +44

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CootFulica atra
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ScaupAythya marila2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Brimstone

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Yellow Brain

Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

59,860 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Great Crested Grebe · Greylag Goose · Lapwing · Robin · Mallard +44

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TealAnas crecca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CootFulica atra
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
SwallowHirundo rustica
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ScaupAythya marila2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Brimstone

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Yellow Brain

Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 terry joyce · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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