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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › West Berkshire Getting here
51.52997, -1.43737
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 — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge +24 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Tawny Owl, Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge +24 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cleavers, Common Nettle, Blackthorn +151 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Cleavers, Common Nettle, Blackthorn +151 more · last seen 2017
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Blackthorn, Elder +14 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Brimstone +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Red Admiral, Brimstone +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map The Roman Way Walking route 274.5 km ▾
Named route Length 274.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Lambourn Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,347 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,347 records · National Biodiversity Network Tawny Owl · Kestrel · Red-legged Partridge · Whitethroat · Black-headed Gull +14
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Whitethroat Curruca communis2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Swift Apus apus2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Polecat
Fallow Deer Dama dama2021 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2019 Polecat Mustela putorius2017 Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Brimstone · Speckled Wood · Comma +27
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019 Comma Polygonia c-album2019 Small White Pieris rapae Cow Parsley · Hazel · Scentless Mayweed · Common Nettle · Oil-seed Rape +8
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Hazel Corylus avellana Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Common Nettle Urtica dioica Oil-seed Rape Brassica napus subsp. oleifera Black-grass Alopecurus myosuroides Perforate St John's-wort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,347 records · National Biodiversity Network Tawny Owl · Kestrel · Red-legged Partridge · Whitethroat · Black-headed Gull +14
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2019 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Whitethroat Curruca communis2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2022 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Swift Apus apus2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Polecat
Fallow Deer Dama dama2021 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2019 Polecat Mustela putorius2017 Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Brimstone · Speckled Wood · Comma +27
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019 Comma Polygonia c-album2019 Small White Pieris rapae Cow Parsley · Hazel · Scentless Mayweed · Common Nettle · Oil-seed Rape +8
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Hazel Corylus avellana Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Common Nettle Urtica dioica Oil-seed Rape Brassica napus subsp. oleifera Black-grass Alopecurus myosuroides Perforate St John's-wort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2018
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2018
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata
Yellow Shell Camptogramma bilineata
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2018
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2018
Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella2024
Common Grass-veneer Agriphila tristella2024
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2023
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2023
Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus2021
Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus2021
Phasia hemiptera Phasia hemiptera2020
Phasia hemiptera Phasia hemiptera2020
Eriothrix rufomaculata Eriothrix rufomaculata2020
Eriothrix rufomaculata Eriothrix rufomaculata2020
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2020
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2020
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2020
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2020
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2020
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2020
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2020
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2020
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2019
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2018
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2018
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2018
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2018
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2018
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2018
Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata2017
Mint Moth Pyrausta aurata2017 Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum perforatum
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Norway Maple Acer platanoides 