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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Reigate and Banstead Getting here
51.24571, -0.16295
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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 254m 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground 254m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Small White +69 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Small White +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Downlands Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Reigate and Banstead Millennium Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RBMT Regional walking route
Show on map Tandridge Border Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Chipstead walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Mills & Pillboxes walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Wiggie Lane public footpath · 152 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 152 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map Wiggie Lane to Cavendish Road Railway Bridge public footpath · 266 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 266 m Surface gravel Path type: footway
Show on map Wiggie Lane to Cavendish Road Railway Bridge public footpath · 14 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 14 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 National Cycle Network
Show on map Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris Cycling route ▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named route Ref AV International cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Catherham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named route Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 21 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 21 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
63,251 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 63,251 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +46
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Dove Columba livia Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coot Fulica atra Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Jay Garrulus glandarius House Martin Delichon urbicum Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Swift Apus apus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Canada Goose Branta canadensis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Whitethroat Curruca communis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Nuthatch Sitta europaea Gadwall Mareca strepera Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Sand Martin Riparia riparia Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Bat Chiroptera Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Syrphus · Silver Fish +14
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Bulrush
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Bulrush Typha latifolia2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 63,251 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +46
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Dove Columba livia Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coot Fulica atra Starling Sturnus vulgaris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Sparrow Passer domesticus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Jay Garrulus glandarius House Martin Delichon urbicum Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Swift Apus apus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Canada Goose Branta canadensis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Whitethroat Curruca communis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stock Dove Columba oenas Nuthatch Sitta europaea Gadwall Mareca strepera Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Sand Martin Riparia riparia Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Bat Chiroptera Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Syrphus · Silver Fish +14
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Bulrush
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Bulrush Typha latifolia2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Four-barred Major Oxycera rara2025
Four-barred Major Oxycera rara2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Eupteryx aurata Eupteryx aurata2025
Eupteryx aurata Eupteryx aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Chafer Gnorimus2025
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