Watchetts Recreation Ground
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › South East › Surrey Heath Getting here
51.32526, -0.74920
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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 123m 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 123m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 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 — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Playing field
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Fleet Pond Yellow Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref yellow Local walking route
Show on map Ambarrow Hill Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ambarrow Court Circuit Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Wildlife Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Brackendale Road Footbridge public footpath · 28 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 28 m Surface asphalt Incline down Path type: footway
Show on map 17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 221 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 221 National Cycle Network
Show on map Farnborough Pyestock Gate Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Red Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref red Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Blue Track Mountain bike route ▾
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User Path Mountain bike route ▾
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bike Swinley Red Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red
Show on map Bike Swinley Blue Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Blue
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Wildlife to spot
15,608 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,608 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +35
Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Mole Talpa europaea2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Pond Terrapin
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta2024 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 frogs and toads Anura2025 Salamanders, Sirens and Newts Caudata2025 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Stag Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +5
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Yellow-rattle · Honeysuckle
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,608 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow +35
Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Mole Talpa europaea2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Pond Terrapin
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Pond Terrapin Trachemys scripta2024 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris2025 frogs and toads Anura2025 Salamanders, Sirens and Newts Caudata2025 🐝 Insects 10 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Stag Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +5
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Yellow-rattle · Honeysuckle
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata
Clogmia albipunctata
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Microtendipes pedellus Microtendipes pedellus
Microtendipes pedellus Microtendipes pedellus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2024
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2024
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
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