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Joel Park

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

WildlifeBirdsPicnic

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

51.41716, -0.84388

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· PaidPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +47 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Robin +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Ramblers RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

California GreenwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Wokingham WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Coombes Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Greenway Route BWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Cantley Parkpublic footpath · 366 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 366 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Barkham Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named route

Emmbrook Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named route

Bracknell Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named route

Yellow RouteCycling route

Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route

Route 19Cycling route

Named routeRef 19Local cycle route

California GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

39,889 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,889 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Magpie · Collared Dove +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Mole · Domestic Dog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus
MoleTalpa europaea
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects33 species

springautumn

2026

Red-legged Ham Beetle · Double-striped Pug · March Moth · Chestnut · Early Grey +28

Red-legged Ham BeetleNecrobia rufipes
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
March MothAlsophila aescularia
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Pale PinionLithophane socia
Agonopterix ciliella/heraclianaAgonopterix ciliella/heracliana
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Oak BeautyBiston strataria
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis
March TubicDiurnea fagella
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
SatelliteEupsilia transversa
Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2025
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2025
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2025
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
BrickSunira circellaris2025
Variable CockroachPlanuncus tingitanus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,889 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Magpie · Collared Dove +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CootFulica atra2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Mole · Domestic Dog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus
MoleTalpa europaea
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris

🐸

Amphibians3 species

spring

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects33 species

springautumn

2026

Red-legged Ham Beetle · Double-striped Pug · March Moth · Chestnut · Early Grey +28

Red-legged Ham BeetleNecrobia rufipes
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
March MothAlsophila aescularia
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Pale PinionLithophane socia
Agonopterix ciliella/heraclianaAgonopterix ciliella/heracliana
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Oak BeautyBiston strataria
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis
March TubicDiurnea fagella
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
SatelliteEupsilia transversa
Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2025
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2025
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2025
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
BrickSunira circellaris2025
Variable CockroachPlanuncus tingitanus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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