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Rook Birch Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 217m away — 4 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 217m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Shoveler +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Shoveler +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Dark Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Dark Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Vanguard WayWalking route111 km

Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route

Tandridge Border PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Octavia Hill Centenary walk westWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Corner of Four Counties walk (SCC)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Octavia Hill centenary trail eastWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

SR572public footpath · 487 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 487 mPath type: footway

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

SR571bridleway · 250 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 250 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

SR571bridleway · 705 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 705 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

12,995 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,995 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Pochard · Shoveler · Great Crested Grebe · Robin +53

WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects20 species

springsummer

2025

Helophilus pendulus · 7-spot Ladybird · White-legged Damselfly · Dark Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket +15

Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,995 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Wigeon · Pochard · Shoveler · Great Crested Grebe · Robin +53

WigeonMareca penelope2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects20 species

springsummer

2025

Helophilus pendulus · 7-spot Ladybird · White-legged Damselfly · Dark Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket +15

Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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