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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Kingston upon Thames Getting here
51.33196, -0.32371
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ 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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Hornet, Marmalade Hoverfly +39 more · last seen 2026; Insects — White-legged Damselfly, Hornet, Marmalade Hoverfly +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Agrimony, Marsh-bedstraw · last seen 2025; Plants — Agrimony, Marsh-bedstraw · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Mole Gap Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Ewell West station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Down Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TDL Regional walking route
Show on map Hogsmill Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HVW Local walking route
Show on map Chessington Countryside Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ashtead Commons Concessionary Ride 1 public footpath · 1.5 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 1.5 km Surface unpaved Path type: bridleway
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle track Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 32 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 32 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Public Bridleway 29 bridleway · 1.5 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1.5 km Surface compacted Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Leatherhead Road, with Rushett Common alongside
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Wildlife to spot
39,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 39,617 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +35
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Redwing Turdus iliacus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
White-legged Damselfly · Hornet · Marmalade Hoverfly · Migrant Hawker · Glow-worm +30
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Hornet Vespa crabro2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Metylophorus nebulosus Metylophorus nebulosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 39,617 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +35
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Redwing Turdus iliacus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
White-legged Damselfly · Hornet · Marmalade Hoverfly · Migrant Hawker · Glow-worm +30
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Hornet Vespa crabro2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Metylophorus nebulosus Metylophorus nebulosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2025
Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides2025
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Turtle Bug Podops inuncta2025
Turtle Bug Podops inuncta2025
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2025
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2025
Populicerus laminatus Populicerus laminatus2025
Populicerus laminatus Populicerus laminatus2025
Aphrophora pectoralis Aphrophora pectoralis2025
Aphrophora pectoralis Aphrophora pectoralis2025
Tremulicerus tremulae Tremulicerus tremulae2025
Tremulicerus tremulae Tremulicerus tremulae2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2025
Mesembrina meridiana Mesembrina meridiana2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Sepsis orthocnemis Sepsis orthocnemis2025
Sepsis orthocnemis Sepsis orthocnemis2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2025
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2025
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus2025
Sepsis cynipsea Sepsis cynipsea2025
Sepsis cynipsea Sepsis cynipsea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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