Bending Oak - Woodland plantation
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.33995, -0.67487
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 491m away — 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 491m away — 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
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pirbright walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Neptune (2)Local 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
Titan TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TitanLocal cycle route
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,070 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,070 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects30 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grayling · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer +25
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,070 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects30 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grayling · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer +25
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Early Marsh-orchid · Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse +1
- Early Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza incarnata2025
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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