Coombes Wood - Woodland plantation 7 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
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51.33213, -0.87942
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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 🐕 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
🌞 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
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 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 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 Fox Ride public footpath · 681 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 681 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Farnborough DERA Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cove LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Finchampstead Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Blue Track Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 7 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Welsh Drive bridleway · 12 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 12 m Surface concrete Path type: track
Show on map The Welsh Drive bridleway · 839 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 839 m Surface compacted Path type: track
Show on map The Welsh Drive bridleway · 210 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 210 m Surface compacted Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
9,135 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,135 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Coal Tit · Wren · Swallow · Jay +41
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Muntjac · Bats · Indet. Deer · American Mink · Red Fox +1
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Bats Vespertilionidae Indet. Deer Cervidae American Mink Neovison vison Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Fallow Deer Dama dama Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Red-eyed Damselfly · Downy Emerald · Emperor Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly +18
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,135 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Coal Tit · Wren · Swallow · Jay +41
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Coal Tit Periparus ater Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Muntjac · Bats · Indet. Deer · American Mink · Red Fox +1
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Bats Vespertilionidae Indet. Deer Cervidae American Mink Neovison vison Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Fallow Deer Dama dama Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Red-eyed Damselfly · Downy Emerald · Emperor Dragonfly · Keeled Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly +18
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Black Darter Sympetrum danae
Black Darter Sympetrum danae
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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