The Belt - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.39619, -0.67003
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 185m 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 185m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St Mary's Roadpublic footpath · 290 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 290 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Monks Walkpublic footpath · 434 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 434 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
St Mary's Roadpublic footpath · 392 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 392 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
19,715 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,715 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +20
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Wood Mouse · Long-eared Bat species +9
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Brown Long-eared Bat
🦎Reptiles4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
- AdderVipera berus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Keeled Skimmer · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter +29
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,715 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +20
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Wood Mouse · Long-eared Bat species +9
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Brown Long-eared Bat
🦎Reptiles4 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
- AdderVipera berus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Keeled Skimmer · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter +29
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Plecotus auritus
Plecotus auritus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensisGrey SquirrelSciurus carolinensisMuntjacMuntiacus reevesiMuntjacMuntiacus reevesiDaubenton's BatMyotis daubentoniiDaubenton's BatMyotis daubentoniiBadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesHedgehogErinaceus europaeusHedgehogErinaceus europaeusRed FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesMyotis Bat speciesMyotisMyotis Bat speciesMyotisLibellula depressa2025
Libellula depressa2025
Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025MelanostomaMelanostomaMelanostomaMelanostomaWinter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2025Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2025Pine Hawk-mothSphinx pinastri2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful Yellow UnderwingAnarta myrtilli2025Beautiful Yellow UnderwingAnarta myrtilli2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025