Swinley Forest Golf Club 3 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
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51.38404, -0.68396
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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ 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
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Four-spotted Chaser +166 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 The Cut countryside corridor 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 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Orbital Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Bracknell Northern Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Yellow Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Blue Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue
Show on map Bike Swinley Green Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Green
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Wildlife to spot
14,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,299 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +19
Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Raven Corvus corax Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Grey Squirrel +8
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Long-eared Bat species Plecotus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 Adder Vipera berus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2025 🐝 Insects 32 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Emerald Damselfly +27
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,299 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 24 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Jay · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +19
Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Starling Sturnus vulgaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Raven Corvus corax Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Grey Squirrel +8
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Long-eared Bat species Plecotus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Badger Meles meles Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2025 Adder Vipera berus2025 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2025 🐝 Insects 32 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Emerald Damselfly +27
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2025 Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Myotis Bat species Myotis
Myotis Bat species Myotis
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Keeled Skimmer
Keeled Skimmer
Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2025
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025
Pine Hawk-moth Sphinx pinastri2025
Pine Hawk-moth Sphinx pinastri2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Yellow Underwing Anarta myrtilli2025
Beautiful Yellow Underwing Anarta myrtilli2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025 