Aldrington Recreation Ground
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
50.83009, -0.19608
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☕Feedwell Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☕Feedwell Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Hornet Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Buck's-horn Plantain, Pineappleweed, Taraxacum agg. +154 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Newhaven-Brighton Clifftop PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Mid Sussex LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Shoreham to EastbourneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
142 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hove ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Three Cornered Copse bridlewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
The LevelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Preston Street contraflow laneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Church Road cycle contraflow/cut-throughsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Pyecombe to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
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Aldrington Recreation Ground (Wish Park), Hove
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Wildlife to spot
20,464 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,464 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Cormorant +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pterostichus niger · Leistus spinibarbis · Eristalis tenax · Hornet Hoverfly +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Buck's-horn Plantain · Daisy · Wood Avens · Yarrow · Cleavers +16
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,464 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Cormorant +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pterostichus niger · Leistus spinibarbis · Eristalis tenax · Hornet Hoverfly +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
- Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Buck's-horn Plantain · Daisy · Wood Avens · Yarrow · Cleavers +16
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Common NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareTraveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025BayLaurus nobilis2025BayLaurus nobilis2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo2025Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Bermuda-grassCynodon dactylon2025Bermuda-grassCynodon dactylon2025Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025