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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.88743, -1.61844
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking· Free🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Keeled Skimmer, Common Cockchafer, Wood Cricket +23 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Beechwood Sickener, Variable Oysterling, Porcelain Fungus +23 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Jubilee TrailWalking route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef greenLength 1.6 kmLocal walking route
The Deer Watch TrailWalking route800 m▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 800 mLocal walking route
The Radnor TrailWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 3.2 kmLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest On Road Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 236Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route668 m▾
Named routeRef 236Length 668 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 236Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brockenhurst Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Fritham Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
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Ford, near Acres Down, New Forest
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Wildlife to spot
32,668 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,668 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Goldcrest · Redwing · Chaffinch +39
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
🦌Mammals8 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Bank Vole · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Red Deer +3
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2025
- Mole
Minotaur Beetle
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Beechwood Sickener · Porcelain Fungus · Variable Oysterling · Rufous Milkcap · Torth Felen +21
- Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
- Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
- Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Small StagshornCalocera cornea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,668 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Goldcrest · Redwing · Chaffinch +39
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
🦌Mammals8 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Bank Vole · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Red Deer +3
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2025
- Mole
Minotaur Beetle
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Beechwood Sickener · Porcelain Fungus · Variable Oysterling · Rufous Milkcap · Torth Felen +21
- Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
- Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
- Variable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilis
- Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Small StagshornCalocera cornea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Talpa europaea2025
Talpa europaea2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025Fallow DeerDama dama2025Pine MartenMartes martes2025Pine MartenMartes martes2025Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumHairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutumFalse Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimusFalse Saffron MilkcapLactarius deterrimusCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransArtist's BracketGanoderma applanatumArtist's BracketGanoderma applanatumTrumpet ChanterelleCantharellus tubaeformisTrumpet ChanterelleCantharellus tubaeformisThe GypsyCortinarius caperatusThe GypsyCortinarius caperatusYellow StagshornCalocera viscosaYellow StagshornCalocera viscosaBeech MilkcapLactarius blenniusBeech MilkcapLactarius blenniusYellowleg BonnetMycena epipterygiaYellowleg BonnetMycena epipterygiaCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonDrumstick TruffleclubTolypocladium capitatumDrumstick TruffleclubTolypocladium capitatumButter CapRhodocollybia butyraceaButter CapRhodocollybia butyraceaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaWood HedgehogHydnum repandumWood HedgehogHydnum repandumWitch's ButterExidia glandulosaWitch's ButterExidia glandulosaOchre BrittlegillRussula ochroleucaOchre BrittlegillRussula ochroleucaDeceiverLaccaria laccataDeceiverLaccaria laccataBlackening BrittlegillRussula nigricansBlackening BrittlegillRussula nigricansTawny GrisetteAmanita fulvaTawny GrisetteAmanita fulva