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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Surrey Heath Getting here
51.37948, -0.64437
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 ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ 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 — Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Firecrest +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Firecrest +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Silver-studded Blue, Wood Cricket +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Silver-studded Blue, Wood Cricket +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 5 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 Lightwater Country Park Purple Walking route ▾
Named route Ref purple Local walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park orange Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Orange Local walking route
Show on map 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Northern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 422 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 422 National Cycle Network
Show on map Europa Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Europa (8) Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
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Wildlife to spot
10,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,586 records · National Biodiversity Network Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Firecrest · Hobby · Stock Dove +26
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Woodlark Lullula arborea Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Hobby Falco subbuteo Stock Dove Columba oenas Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Peregrine Falco peregrinus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Curruca undata dartfordiensis Curruca undata dartfordiensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Long-eared Bat species · Roe Deer +3
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Long-eared Bat species Plecotus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Smooth Snake · Adder
Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca Adder Vipera berus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Minotaur Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Water Scorpion · Stag Beetle · Emperor Dragonfly +4
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,586 records · National Biodiversity Network Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Firecrest · Hobby · Stock Dove +26
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Woodlark Lullula arborea Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Hobby Falco subbuteo Stock Dove Columba oenas Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Peregrine Falco peregrinus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Curruca undata dartfordiensis Curruca undata dartfordiensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Long-eared Bat species · Roe Deer +3
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Long-eared Bat species Plecotus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Smooth Snake · Adder
Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca Adder Vipera berus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Minotaur Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Water Scorpion · Stag Beetle · Emperor Dragonfly +4
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myotis Bat species
Myotis Bat species
Myotis
Myotis
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea
Wood Cricket Nemobius sylvestris
Wood Cricket Nemobius sylvestris 