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Places › England › South East › Bracknell Forest Getting here
51.41045, -0.77786
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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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 103m 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 103m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Willow Beauty, Vine's Rustic +157 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Willow Beauty, Vine's Rustic +157 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 Finchampstead Ridges Ramble, Finchampstead Ridges Walking route 2.2 km ▾
A waymarked trail across Finchampstead Ridges, with views toward the Hog's Back ridge in Surrey. The route takes in two ponds, a woodland section, with slopes & opportunities to spot wildlife including birds of prey, deer and colourful dragonflies
Named route Length 2.2 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Simons Wood Trail, Finchampstead Ridges Walking route 2.1 km ▾
An area of wet woodlands & lowland heath providing habitat for birds & invertebrates. Explore the views, flora & fauna of the broadleaved & coniferous woods, the naturally created Heath Pond, and the rare delights of a heathland habitat.
Named route Length 2.1 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Langton Lane public footpath · 395 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 395 m Surface unpaved Path type: track
Show on map 19 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 Emmbrook Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Bracknell Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
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
Show on map Photos Harrier Green, Jennett's Park
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Wildlife to spot
17,862 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,862 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Mole · Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Pipistrelle Bat species +2
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Mole Talpa europaea Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Grey Squirrel 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 18 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Western Honey Bee · Beautiful Plume · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Violet Ground Beetle +13
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,862 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Coot Fulica atra2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Mole · Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Pipistrelle Bat species +2
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Mole Talpa europaea Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 Grey Squirrel 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 18 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Western Honey Bee · Beautiful Plume · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Violet Ground Beetle +13
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Beautiful Plume Amblyptilia acanthadactyla Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus
Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia
Blotched Emerald Comibaena bajularia
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Hoverfly Syrphidae
Hoverfly Syrphidae
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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