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📷 Peter Facey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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50.78018, -1.73481

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕The Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Robin
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕The Coffee House — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Robin, Blackbird +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Red-legged Shieldbug, Common Cockchafer +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km

Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route

West LaneWalking route

Named routeRef br-710

Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km

Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route

Christchurch Bay WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Stouts Lanepublic footpath · 98 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 98 mSurface pavedPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

45 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Route 256Cycling route

Named routeRef 256National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Avon Tyrrell Blue TrailCycling route

Named route

Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Avon Tyrrell Red TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

7,608 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,608 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Robin · Chaffinch · Mallard · Blackbird · Greenfinch +50

RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwallowHirundo rustica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Great TitParus major
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common GullLarus canus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummer

2025

Common Cockchafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Wood Cricket · Stag Beetle · Meadow Grasshopper +11

Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Wood CricketNemobius sylvestris
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,608 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

spring

2025

Robin · Chaffinch · Mallard · Blackbird · Greenfinch +50

RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
SwallowHirundo rustica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Great TitParus major
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
NuthatchSitta europaea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
LapwingVanellus vanellus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GadwallMareca strepera
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common GullLarus canus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Badger

BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummer

2025

Common Cockchafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Wood Cricket · Stag Beetle · Meadow Grasshopper +11

Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Wood CricketNemobius sylvestris
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Peter Facey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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