Oxshott Flat - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.32601, -0.34516
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Hogsmill RiverCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,154 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,154 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Xylota segnis · Oak Bush-cricket · Birch Shieldbug · Metylophorus nebulosus +4
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Metylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bugle · Trifid Bur-marigold · Meadow Vetchling · Hairy St John's-wort · Green Hound's-tongue +4
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Green Hound's-tongueCynoglossum germanicum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Spring Starflower
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,154 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis pertinax · Xylota segnis · Oak Bush-cricket · Birch Shieldbug · Metylophorus nebulosus +4
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Metylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bugle · Trifid Bur-marigold · Meadow Vetchling · Hairy St John's-wort · Green Hound's-tongue +4
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Green Hound's-tongueCynoglossum germanicum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Spring Starflower
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusTristagma uniflorum
Tristagma uniflorum
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumWood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesWood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloidesEvents & activities nearby
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