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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.24442, -0.18633
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Donyngs 420m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Donyngs 420m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £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 — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Magpie, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Brimstone +88 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Brimstone +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Downlands Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Chipstead walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mills & Pillboxes walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Waypublic footpath · 267 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 267 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Blue Gate Bridgepublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mSurface woodPath type: footway
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South Merstham (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Furze Hillbyway open to all traffic · 134 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 134 mPath type: residential
Madeira Walkbyway open to all traffic · 14 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 14 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Madeira Walkbyway open to all traffic · 37 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 37 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Madeira Walkbyway open to all traffic · 42 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 42 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
26,855 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,855 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Pipistrelle · Mole · Hedgehog +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BatChiroptera
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Red Fox
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 16-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,855 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Pipistrelle · Mole · Hedgehog +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BatChiroptera
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Red Fox
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 16-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes2025
Vulpes vulpes2025
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
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