Walton Firs Activity Centre 4 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › South East › Elmbridge Getting here
51.33786, -0.42942
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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 ⛺ Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ⛺ Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome⛺ Campsite🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 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 — Magpie, Blackbird, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Jackdaw +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Stag Beetle, Large White +61 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Stag Beetle, Large White +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Gypsywort, Hawkweed Oxtongue · last seen 2024; Plants — Gypsywort, Hawkweed Oxtongue · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Effingham walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map Bookham Common Activity Trail, North Downs West Walking route 4.8 km ▾
Bookham Commons is a widely varied landscape, ranging from shady woodlands, to open grassland plains, to marshy ponds and wetlands. This provides a wonderful set of habitats for lots of wildlife. See how much you can spot as you wander along the paths.
Named route Length 4.8 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map A3 Cycle Route (alternative) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
8,702 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,702 records · National Biodiversity Network Jackdaw · Robin · Coot · Mallard · Mute Swan +37
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Columba livia livia Columba livia livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Long-eared Bat
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · Black Clock +8
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Gypsywort · Hawkweed Oxtongue
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,702 records · National Biodiversity Network Jackdaw · Robin · Coot · Mallard · Mute Swan +37
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Columba livia livia Columba livia livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Brown Long-eared Bat
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · Black Clock +8
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Gypsywort · Hawkweed Oxtongue
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Cockchafer
Common Cockchafer
Melolontha melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Striped Ladybird Myzia oblongoguttata
Striped Ladybird Myzia oblongoguttata
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae
Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus2024
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024 