Passmore's Plantation - Woodland plantation
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.39881, -0.69850
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Cut countryside corridorWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bracknell Eastern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bracknell Useful Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
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Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
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Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
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Photos
Coniferous plantation, Swinley Forest
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Wildlife to spot
20,488 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,488 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Nuthatch · Moorhen +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Badger · Pine Marten · Hedgehog +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus2025
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Common Blue Damselfly +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,488 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Nuthatch · Moorhen +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Badger · Pine Marten · Hedgehog +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus2025
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Common Blue Damselfly +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusWinter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025