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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.33355, -0.28317
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 99m 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 99m 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 — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Hornet, Small White +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Hornet, Small White +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 6 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
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bridleway 54public footpath · 352 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 352 mPath type: bridleway
Footpath 55public footpath · 552 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 552 mPath type: footway
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bridleway 29bridleway · 523 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 523 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
57,834 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
57,834 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Hornet · Common Darter · Carabus nemoralis · Carabus problematicus · Violet Ground Beetle +12
- HornetVespa crabro
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Limnephilus lunatus
Alder Buckthorn
- Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,834 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Hornet · Common Darter · Carabus nemoralis · Carabus problematicus · Violet Ground Beetle +12
- HornetVespa crabro
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides
- Limnephilus lunatus
Alder Buckthorn
- Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Limnephilus lunatus
Limnephilus lunatus
Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosaPopulicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatusAphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralisTremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulaeRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaEvents & activities nearby
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