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Bending Oak - Mixed woodland

2 ha

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 228m 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 228m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Lowland fens priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 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

🚴

Cycling

20 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

Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route

Named routeRef redLocal cycle route

Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF]Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route

Named route

Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route

Named 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

Wildlife to spot

8,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Magpie +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2021
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
SwiftApus apus2018
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
JackdawColoeus monedula2018

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Red DeerCervus elaphus2018

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2020

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects55 species

summer

2024

Stag Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White +50

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
GraylingHipparchia semele2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2018
Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus2018
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2018
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Red Wood AntFormica rufa2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2022
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2021
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2021
Boletina griphaBoletina gripha2021
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2020
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2018
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2018
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2018
Fox-coloured Pine CombhornNeodiprion sertifer2018

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2025

Early Marsh-orchid · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam

Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2017
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,255 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Magpie +49

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2021
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2019
SwiftApus apus2018
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
JackdawColoeus monedula2018

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Red DeerCervus elaphus2018

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2020

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects55 species

summer

2024

Stag Beetle · Box Tree Moth · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White +50

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
GraylingHipparchia semele2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2018
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2018
Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus2018
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2018
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Red Wood AntFormica rufa2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2022
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2021
Small Yellow-legged RobberflyDioctria linearis2021
Boletina griphaBoletina gripha2021
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2020
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2018
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2018
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2018
Fox-coloured Pine CombhornNeodiprion sertifer2018

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2025

Early Marsh-orchid · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam

Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2017
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2017
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022

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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