Bending Oak - Sparse woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.32166, -0.69477
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 300m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 300m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pirbright Military Heritage Trail (cycle)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
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Wildlife to spot
8,641 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,641 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Coal Tit +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species +3
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Stag Beetle · Brown Hawker · Juniper Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red Wood Ant +3
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa2022
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Early Marsh-orchid · Himalayan Balsam
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,641 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Coal Tit +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species +3
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Stag Beetle · Brown Hawker · Juniper Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Red Wood Ant +3
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa2022
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Early Marsh-orchid · Himalayan Balsam
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022