Bagshot Heath - Mixed woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35163, -0.69797
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 292m away — 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 292m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwater Valley Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal cycle route
6 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
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Frys Lanebridleway · 4 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 4 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Frys Lanebridleway · 38 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
11,895 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,895 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly +12
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Shallon
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,895 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Keeled Skimmer · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly +12
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Shallon
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo