Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.22318, -1.28104
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Gadwall
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Canada Goose and Gadwall
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Gadwall, Cormorant +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Canada Goose, Gadwall, Cormorant +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +140 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Watership Down TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwood Forest Seasons Trail (Blue Route)Cycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwood Forest Connecting TrailCycling route1 km▾
Named routeLength 1 km
Forest Holidays Trim TrailCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 km
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 1: Watership Down
Micheldever Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,876 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,876 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Gadwall · Cormorant · Coot +29
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse +2
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Chaetopteryx villosa · Tawny Mining Bee · Hornet · Hairy Shieldbug +1
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
- Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2024
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
- HornetVespa crabro2023
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,876 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Gadwall · Cormorant · Coot +29
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2020
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse +2
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Chaetopteryx villosa · Tawny Mining Bee · Hornet · Hairy Shieldbug +1
- Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum
- Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2024
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
- HornetVespa crabro2023
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra20222022
2022
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021