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West Berkshire Golf Club

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
🐕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

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +59 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +59 more · last seen 2022

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +125 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +125 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

Lambourn Valley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Elton Lanebridleway · 1.9 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.9 kmPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

4,722 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,722 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

wintersummerautumn

2022

Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +60

PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Great TitParus major2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
MagpiePica pica2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2021
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Willow TitPoecile montanus2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Barn OwlTyto alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
RavenCorvus corax2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
Little OwlAthene noctua2019
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
SwiftApus apus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
CuckooCuculus canorus2019
CurlewNumenius arquata2019

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Mammals7 species

summerautumn

2024

Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Otter · Roe Deer +2

Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama
OtterLutra lutra2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2019

🐝

Insects128 species

summer

2025

Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Green-veined White +123

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
PeacockAglais io2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica2019
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2019
Privet Hawk-mothSphinx ligustri2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2019
Dingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillon2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2022
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Black ArchesLymantria monacha2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019
FlameAxylia putris2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2019
Obscure WainscotLeucania obsoleta2019
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta2019
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2019
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda2019
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
CoronetCraniophora ligustri2018
Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera2018
Cinerous PearlAnania fuscalis
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Red AntMyrmica rubra2022
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2022
Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2022
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2022
Cabbage Seed WeevilCeutorhynchus obstrictus (=assimilis auctt.)2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Anaspis fasciataAnaspis fasciata2022
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2022
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2022
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana2022
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2022
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2022
EucosmaEucosma2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2019
VestalRhodometra sacraria2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019
Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019
Round-winged MuslinThumatha senex2019
Reddish Light ArchesApamea sublustris2019
ClayMythimna ferrago2019
Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2019
Eyed Hawk-mothSmerinthus ocellata2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2019
Light BrocadeLacanobia w-latinum2019
Early GreyXylocampa areola2019
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata2019
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda2019
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019
Powdered QuakerOrthosia gracilis2019
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2019
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2018
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2018
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2018
Small Yellow WaveHydrelia flammeolaria2018
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018
Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma2018
Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2018
Blood-veinTimandra comae2018
Clouded BrindleApamea epomidion2018

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2018

Sweet-briar

Sweet-briarRosa rubiginosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,722 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

wintersummerautumn

2022

Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird +60

PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
Great TitParus major2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
MagpiePica pica2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2021
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Willow TitPoecile montanus2020
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Barn OwlTyto alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2020
RavenCorvus corax2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
Little OwlAthene noctua2019
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
SwiftApus apus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2019
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
CuckooCuculus canorus2019
CurlewNumenius arquata2019

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumn

2024

Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Otter · Roe Deer +2

Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama
OtterLutra lutra2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2019

🐝

Insects128 species

summer

2025

Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Green-veined White +123

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
PeacockAglais io2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica2019
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2019
Privet Hawk-mothSphinx ligustri2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2019
Dingy ShearsApterogenum ypsillon2019
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea2019
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2022
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
RusticHoplodrina blanda2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Black ArchesLymantria monacha2019
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019
FlameAxylia putris2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2019
Obscure WainscotLeucania obsoleta2019
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta2019
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2019
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda2019
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
CoronetCraniophora ligustri2018
Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera2018
Cinerous PearlAnania fuscalis
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2022
Red AntMyrmica rubra2022
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2022
Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2022
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2022
Cabbage Seed WeevilCeutorhynchus obstrictus (=assimilis auctt.)2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Anaspis fasciataAnaspis fasciata2022
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2022
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2022
Garden StrawAgapeta hamana2022
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2022
Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella2022
EucosmaEucosma2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2019
VestalRhodometra sacraria2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2019
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019
Scarce FootmanEilema complana2019
Round-winged MuslinThumatha senex2019
Reddish Light ArchesApamea sublustris2019
ClayMythimna ferrago2019
Small Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila porcellus2019
Eyed Hawk-mothSmerinthus ocellata2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2019
Light BrocadeLacanobia w-latinum2019
Early GreyXylocampa areola2019
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata2019
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda2019
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019
Powdered QuakerOrthosia gracilis2019
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2019
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2018
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2018
Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2018
Small Yellow WaveHydrelia flammeolaria2018
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018
Double LobedLateroligia ophiogramma2018
Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2018
Blood-veinTimandra comae2018
Clouded BrindleApamea epomidion2018

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2018

Sweet-briar

Sweet-briarRosa rubiginosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Pam Brophy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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