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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.24601, -1.23371
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
- ✦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 — Mallard, Coot, Moorhen +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Mallard, Coot, Moorhen +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Limnephilus lunatus, Southern Hawker +27 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 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Watership Down TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Oakley to Basingstoke Multi-User RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 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
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Path heading towards Ashe
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,283 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,283 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Kestrel · Magpie +53
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- TealAnas crecca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals10 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit +5
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,283 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw · Kestrel · Magpie +53
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- TealAnas crecca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals10 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit +5
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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