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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Getting here
51.01146, -1.03458
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon ☕ The Dell — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon ☕ The Dell — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for 5 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +53 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +53 more · last seen 2025
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Free Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +37 more · last seen 2025
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Free Plants — Bluebell, Pineappleweed, Velvet Feather-moss · last seen 2024
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Free Public woodland
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾ approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map South Downs Way Walking route 160 km ▾ Named route Length 160 km National walking route
Show on map Staunton Way Walking route ▾ Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hangers Way Walking route ▾ Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Long Woodland Trail Walking route 8 km ▾ Named route Length 8 km Local walking route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 222 National Cycle Network
Show on map Discover the Hampshire South Downs by Bike Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref EH Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 224 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 224 National Cycle Network
Show on map Petersfield - QECP/SDW Cycling route ▾ Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.2 km ▾ Named route Ref 222 Length 2.2 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 318 m ▾ Named route Ref 222 Length 318 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs Way Mountain bike route ▾ Named route Ref 89 National Cycle Network
Show on map Petersfield Off Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾ South Downs Way alternative route through Warnford Mountain bike route ▾ QECP Blue MTB Mountain bike route ▾ Named route Ref Blue
Show on map 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 QECP Red MTB Mountain bike route ▾ Named route Ref Red
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▾ Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
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Wildlife to spot
5,587 records from NBN Atlas
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Wildlife to spot 5,587 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 56 species
winter spring summer
2025 Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Skylark
+51 more species Hide species list All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2019 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Magpie Pica pica2023 Swift Apus apus2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Common Gull Larus canus2020 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2018 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2017 Barn Owl Tyto alba Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2019 Raven Corvus corax2019 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Stock Dove Columba oenas2019 Linnet Linaria cannabina2018 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2017 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2017 🦌 Mammals 10 species
spring autumn
2025 Harvest Mouse · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
+5 more species Hide species list All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2019 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2022 Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Red Admiral
+35 more species Hide species list All 40 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Bluebell · Pineappleweed · Velvet Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,587 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 56 species
winter spring summer
2025 Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Skylark
+51 more species Hide species list All 56 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2019 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Magpie Pica pica2023 Swift Apus apus2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2019 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Common Gull Larus canus2020 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2018 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2017 Barn Owl Tyto alba Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2019 Raven Corvus corax2019 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2019 Stock Dove Columba oenas2019 Linnet Linaria cannabina2018 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2017 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2017 🦌 Mammals 10 species
spring autumn
2025 Harvest Mouse · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
+5 more species Hide species list All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2019 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2022 Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Red Admiral
+35 more species Hide species list All 40 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 Bluebell · Pineappleweed · Velvet Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023
Otter Lutra lutra2024
Otter Lutra lutra2024
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2019
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2019
Indet. Deer Cervidae2017
Indet. Deer Cervidae2017
Fallow Deer Dama dama2017
Fallow Deer Dama dama2017 Brimstone
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2018
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2018
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2020
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2020
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2017
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2017
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2018
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2018
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2017
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2017
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2020
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2020
Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi2019
Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi2019
Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica2019
Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica2019
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Silver Y Autographa gamma2018
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus2022
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata2022
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata2022
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2021
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2021
Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta2019
Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma2017
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma2017
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2017
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2017
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2017
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2017
Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria2017
Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria2017
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2016
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2016 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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