Beacon Hill Hillfort 12 ha
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Dogs welcome 12 ha
Places › England › South East › Basingstoke and Deane Getting here
51.31256, -1.34455
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Skylark +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Skylark +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Brimstone, Small White, Common Blue +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Springy Turf-moss, Slender Ditrichum +53 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Springy Turf-moss, Slender Ditrichum +53 more · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wayfarers Walk Walking route ▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Brenda Parker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Watership Down Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Walk in Stanley Spencer's Footsteps around Burghclere, Sandham Walking route 4 km ▾
A gentle circular through places that painter Stanley Spencer lived, loved & was inspired by during his years in Burghclere, creating his First World War themed masterpiece – Sandham Memorial Chapel. Kissing gate & sloped terrain - shortcut available.
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref 1: Watership Down
Show on map Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Cycling Discoveries in North Hampshire Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,807 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,807 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Raven · Skylark · Woodpigeon · Robin · Pheasant +43
Raven Corvus corax Skylark Alauda arvensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella House Martin Delichon urbicum Linnet Linaria cannabina Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Stock Dove Columba oenas Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius2022 Brown Hare · Eurasian Serotine · Natterer's Bat · Myotis Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle +8
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2024 Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2024 Myotis Bat species Myotis2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Garden Chafer · Glow-worm +4
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,807 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Raven · Skylark · Woodpigeon · Robin · Pheasant +43
Raven Corvus corax Skylark Alauda arvensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella House Martin Delichon urbicum Linnet Linaria cannabina Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Stock Dove Columba oenas Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius2022 Brown Hare · Eurasian Serotine · Natterer's Bat · Myotis Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle +8
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2024 Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2024 Myotis Bat species Myotis2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Meadow Grasshopper · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Garden Chafer · Glow-worm +4
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022
Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus2024
Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus2024
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2024
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2024
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum Xanthogramma citrofasciatum2023
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum Xanthogramma citrofasciatum2023 