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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 427m away — 4 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 427m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 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, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Jersey Tiger +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Jersey Tiger +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Moderate match

Named hiking route nearby: Ramblers Route

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ramblers RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Cut countryside corridorWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Wokingham WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route

Named routeRef blueLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bracknell Eastern RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bracknell Orbital RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Bracknell Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named route

Yellow RouteCycling route

Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route

Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route

Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route

Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route

Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route

Named routeRef Blue

Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route

Named routeRef Green

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Sandy Lanerestricted byway · 19 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 19 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Sandy Lanerestricted byway · 317 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 317 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Sandy Lanerestricted byway · 165 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 165 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

26,800 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,800 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +39

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red KiteMilvus milvus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
DunnockPrunella modularis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Willow Beauty · Light Emerald · Ruddy Darter +22

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Winter MothOperophtera brumata
Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata
Small MarbledEublemma parva
Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,800 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +39

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red KiteMilvus milvus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
DunnockPrunella modularis
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025

🐝

Insects27 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Willow Beauty · Light Emerald · Ruddy Darter +22

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Winter MothOperophtera brumata
Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata
Small MarbledEublemma parva
Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Bird-cherry ErmineYponomeuta evonymella
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Hunt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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