Hanningfield Reservoir
30 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
51.65337, 0.48195
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Greylag Goose, Black-headed Gull, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates; Insects — Calathus rotundicollis, 7-spot Ladybird, Snail Hunter +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Reservoir — waterside public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 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
14 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 route74 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 74 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
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Wildlife to spot
59,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
59,331 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreylag Goose · Robin · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Teal +44
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ScaupAythya marila2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Palmate Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Calathus rotundicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Snail Hunter · Brimstone · Abax parallelepipedus +3
- Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis
- Leistus rufomarginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,331 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreylag Goose · Robin · Great Crested Grebe · Black-headed Gull · Teal +44
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ScaupAythya marila2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt · Palmate Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Calathus rotundicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Snail Hunter · Brimstone · Abax parallelepipedus +3
- Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis
- Leistus rufomarginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leistus rufomarginatus
Leistus rufomarginatus
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