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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South East › Hart Getting here
51.26906, -0.84838
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Red-legged Shieldbug, Summer Chafer +23 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Red-legged Shieldbug, Summer Chafer +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
St Swithun's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Fleet Pond Yellow Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref yellow Local walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hitches Lane to Fleet Town Centre pedestrian and cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Farnborough Pyestock Gate Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2: Odiham circular Regional cycle route
Show on map Scholars Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Blue Track Mountain bike route ▾
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Raised section of Basingstoke canal
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Wildlife to spot
26,301 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,301 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024 Grass Snake · Slow-worm
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2024 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2024 Common Frog Rana temporaria2024 Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Summer Chafer · Common Cockchafer · Silver Fish +11
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Golden-ringed Dragonfly Common Tamarisk-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss
Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,301 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Daubenton's Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024 Grass Snake · Slow-worm
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2024 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus2024 Common Frog Rana temporaria2024 Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Summer Chafer · Common Cockchafer · Silver Fish +11
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Golden-ringed Dragonfly Common Tamarisk-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss
Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cordulegaster boltonii
Cordulegaster boltonii
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2024
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2024
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina2024
Common Bluebottle Calliphora vicina2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024 