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Places › England › South East › Rushmoor Getting here
51.25346, -0.79911
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Robin, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, White-legged Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Eyebright, Spurge-laurel, Carolina Water-shield +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Eyebright, Spurge-laurel, Carolina Water-shield +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
St Swithun's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Fleet Pond Yellow Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref yellow Local walking route
Show on map Wellesley Green Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2: Odiham circular Regional cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hitches Lane to Fleet Town Centre pedestrian and cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Farnborough Pyestock Gate Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Scholars Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Christmas Pie Trail Mountain bike route 13.7 km ▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named route Length 13.7 km
Show on map Fleet Pond Blue Track Mountain bike route ▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User Path Mountain bike route ▾
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Track in the military training area
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Wildlife to spot
12,087 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,087 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit +41
Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Siskin Spinus spinus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Snipe Gallinago gallinago Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Canada Goose Branta canadensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Dove Columba livia Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Whitethroat Curruca communis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Downy Emerald +18
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025 Green Hound's-tongue · Eyebright
Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum Eyebright Euphrasia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,087 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Great Tit · Blue Tit +41
Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Siskin Spinus spinus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Snipe Gallinago gallinago Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Canada Goose Branta canadensis Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Dove Columba livia Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Whitethroat Curruca communis Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Downy Emerald +18
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025 Green Hound's-tongue · Eyebright
Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum Eyebright Euphrasia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025
Black Darter Sympetrum danae2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii2025
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii2025
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2025
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2025 