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Places › England › South East › West Berkshire Getting here
51.38312, -1.07773
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 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 — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Wren +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Wren +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Emerald Damselfly, Black Darter +291 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
red trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Silchester Trail Walking route ▾
The Roman Way Walking route 274.5 km ▾
Named route Length 274.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Wasing Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Brenda Parker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Calleva Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Calleva Trail Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Wasing Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map AWE Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pamber Forest Bridleway Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Trail
Show on map Photos Forest Track through Holden's Firs
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21,927 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,927 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Wren +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodlark Lullula arborea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Rabbit +1
Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 December Moth · Red-green Carpet · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Light Brown Apple Moth +23
December Moth Poecilocampa populi Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa Rush Veneer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,927 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Wren +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodlark Lullula arborea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Rabbit +1
Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 December Moth · Red-green Carpet · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Light Brown Apple Moth +23
December Moth Poecilocampa populi Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Lunar Underwing Anchoscelis lunosa Rush Veneer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nomophila noctuella
Nomophila noctuella
Satellite Eupsilia transversa
Satellite Eupsilia transversa
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.
Rusty Dot Udea ferrugalis
Rusty Dot Udea ferrugalis
Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum
Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum
Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx
Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago
Barred Sallow Tiliacea aurago
Yellow-Line Quaker Leptologia macilenta
Yellow-Line Quaker Leptologia macilenta
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba
Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella
Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina
Merveille du Jour Griposia aprilina
White-point Mythimna albipuncta
White-point Mythimna albipuncta
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis
Beaded Chestnut Agrochola lychnidis
Small Beech Dot Stigmella tityrella
Small Beech Dot Stigmella tityrella
Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella
Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella
Beech Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter maestingella
Beech Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter maestingella
Beech Dot Stigmella hemargyrella
Beech Dot Stigmella hemargyrella
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis 