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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.33092, -0.27153
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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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cafe Moka — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Cafe Moka — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Hornet, Common Darter +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Hornet, Common Darter +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 61 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 61 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 490 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 490 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Dalmeny Waypublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32Local cycle route
LCN 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Local cycle route
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
LCN 76 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (76)Local cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
36,107 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
36,107 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +15
- HornetVespa crabro
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Alder Buckthorn
- Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,107 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Southern Hawker +15
- HornetVespa crabro
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Alder Buckthorn
- Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatusMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatusCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis