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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South East › Bracknell Forest Getting here
51.42947, -0.68469
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 353m 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 353m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Box Tree Moth, Southern Hawker +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Box Tree Moth, Southern Hawker +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Grand Tour Yellow route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref yellow Local walking route
Show on map Greenway Red Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref red Local walking route
Show on map Ramblers Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Cut countryside corridor Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Coach Road public footpath · 421 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 421 m Surface paved Path type: service
Show on map 31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bracknell Northern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 422 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 422 National Cycle Network
Show on map Yellow Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue
Show on map Bike Swinley Green Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Green
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Hodge Lane restricted byway · 416 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 416 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
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Wildlife to spot
24,018 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,018 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Mallard +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Herring Gull Larus argentatus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula House Martin Delichon urbicum Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Columba palumbus palumbus Columba palumbus palumbus Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mute Swan Cygnus olor 🦌 Mammals 10 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +5
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Jersey Tiger · Box Tree Moth · Stag Beetle · Southern Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Common Cockchafer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,018 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Mallard +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Herring Gull Larus argentatus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula House Martin Delichon urbicum Coot Fulica atra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greylag Goose Anser anser Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Columba palumbus palumbus Columba palumbus palumbus Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Swallow Hirundo rustica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mute Swan Cygnus olor 🦌 Mammals 10 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species +5
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Jersey Tiger · Box Tree Moth · Stag Beetle · Southern Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle +3
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata Common Cockchafer Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2025
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2025
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2025
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Melolontha melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi 