Biodiversity report 2024 to 2025 - Appendices

Published: 18 March 2026

Biodiversity report 2024 to 2025
Appendices

Published: 18 March 2026

A close up of Frost Folly meadow, full of colourful wildflowers.

Appendix 1: Long term wildlife records for key sites

Reptiles

Number of reptiles recorded at Caesar's Camp

A bar chart showing the number of reptiles recorded at Caesar's Camp.
Number of reptiles recorded at Caesar's Camp
Year Adder Grass snake Slow worm Common lizard
2017 6 2 3 7
2018 5 10 7 18
2019 12 17 8 3
2020 13 13 3 6
2021 11 8 10 4
2022 14 12 8 15
2023 17 6 9 12
2024 21 17 20 13
2025 4 9 19 6

Number of reptiles recorded at Englemere Pond

A bar graph showing the number of reptiles recorded at Englemere Pond.
Number of reptiles recorded at Englemere Pond
Year Adder Grass snake Slow worm Common lizard
2017 11 7 2 10
2018 24 11 5 0
2019 15 12 1 5
2020 15 15 0 7
2021 17 17 6 6
2022 20 14 3 6
2023 16 14 3 6
2024 3 8 21 3
2025 8 13 22 3

Number of reptiles recorded at Wildmoor Heath

A bar graph showing the number of reptiles recorded at Wildmoor Heath
Number of reptiles recorded at Wildmoor Heath
Year Adder Grass snake Slow worm Common lizard
2019 7 10 25 35
2020 8 0 22 19
2021 6 0 41 10
2022 7 5 42 14
2023 4 0 26 6
2024 0 1 53 4
2025 7 0 42 6

Number of reptiles recorded at Buckler's Forest

A bar chart showing the number of reptiles recorded at Buckler's Forest
Number of reptiles recorded at Buckler's Forest
Year Adder Grass snake Slow worm Common lizard
2022 0 2 5 1
2023 1 4 24 6
2024 1 4 66 6
2025 0 3 27 3

Number of newts recorded at The Newt Reserve (front pond)

A bar and line graph showing the number of newts recorded at The Newt Reserve (front pond)
Number of newts recorded at The Newt Reserve (front pond)
Year Number of Great Crested Newts Number of Smooth Newts Number of traps
2015 7 24 91
2016 7 6 39
2017 13 16 28
2018 33 34 85
2019 13 60 60
2020 - - No survey
2021 1 7 43
2022 - - No survey
2023 7 19 101
2024 5 10 48
2025 5 56 44

Bracknell Forest Council surveys only, 2015-2025

Butterflies

Number of butterfly species recorded across all transects

A line graph showing the number of butterfly species recorded across all transects

Number of individual butterflies recorded across all transects

A line graph showing the number of individual butterflies recorded across all transects
Number of individual butterflies recorded at Buckler's Forest
Number of individual butterflies recorded at Buckler's Forest
Number of individual butterflies recorded at Buckler's Forest
Year Total species Total individuals
2023 25 1744
2024 25 1459
2025 25 1629
Number of butterflies recorded at Frost Folly
Number of butterflies recorded at Frost Folly
Number of butterflies recorded at Frost Folly
Year Total species Total individuals
2019 18 624
2020 19 915
2021 20 450
2022 19 724
2023 20 1000
2024 20 507
2025 14 622
Number of butterflies recorded at Big Wood and Peacock North
Number of butterflies recorded at Big Wood and Peacock North
Number of butterflies recorded at Big Wood and Peacock North
Year Total species Total individuals
2021 22 682
2022 21 693
2023 22 1372
2024 22 691
2025 22 521

Small mammals

Number of Harvest Mouse nests at Shepherd Meadows

A bar chart showing the number of Number of Harvest Mouse nests at Shepherd Meadows
Number of Harvest Mouse nests at Shepherd Meadows
Year Number of Harvest Mouse nests recorded
2019 19
2020 No survey
2021 No survey
2022 15
2023 0
2024 36
2025 37