Bending Oak - Woodland plantation
27 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
51.31619, -0.68657
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Pirbright Military Heritage Trail (cycle)
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FA]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FH]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rushmoor cycle network (Farnborough)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,608 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,608 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Eurasian Serotine +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Stag Beetle · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Twin-lobed Deerfly +5
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,608 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Long-eared Bat species · Eurasian Serotine +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2023
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Stag Beetle · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Twin-lobed Deerfly +5
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023Events & activities nearby
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