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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South East › Bracknell Forest Getting here
51.41977, -0.78737
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 🛝 Playground 270m 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 270m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ 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 +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Jersey Tiger, Helophilus pendulus +47 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Jersey Tiger, Helophilus pendulus +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cabbage Hill Blue Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref blue Local walking route
Show on map 19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Orbital Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Emmbrook Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Bracknell Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Yellow Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Blue Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
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Show on map Bike Swinley Green Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
14,091 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,091 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Egyptian Goose +40
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species +6
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Bat Chiroptera Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Jersey Tiger · Helophilus pendulus · Beautiful Plume · Cinnabar · Green Shieldbug +14
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,091 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Egyptian Goose +40
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Pipistrelle Bat species +6
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Bat Chiroptera Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Jersey Tiger · Helophilus pendulus · Beautiful Plume · Cinnabar · Green Shieldbug +14
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Mole Talpa europaea
Mole Talpa europaea
Water Shrew Neomys fodiens2025
Water Shrew Neomys fodiens2025
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2024
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2024
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Saissetia oleae Saissetia oleae
Saissetia oleae Saissetia oleae
Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia
Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2024
Buff-tip Phalera bucephala2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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