Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome62 ha
Getting here
50.73846, -1.64702
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dartford Warbler and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 288m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dartford Warbler and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 288m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Herring Gull, Firecrest +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Herring Gull, Firecrest +78 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +37 more · last seen 2025; Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Christchurch Bay WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Crooked Lanepublic footpath · 961 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 961 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lymington Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,051 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,051 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Firecrest · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +47
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little TernSternula albifrons2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder
Red-legged Shieldbug · Grey Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Stag Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common Ground-hopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,051 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Firecrest · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +47
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little TernSternula albifrons2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder
Red-legged Shieldbug · Grey Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Stag Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common Ground-hopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tetrix undulata
Tetrix undulata
Cepero's Ground-hopperTetrix ceperoiCepero's Ground-hopperTetrix ceperoiGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEvents & activities nearby
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