Binswood ✦ Ancient woodland 57 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 57 ha
Places › England › South East › East Hampshire Getting here
51.12766, -0.90961
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 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 — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Heather, Bog-cotton · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
〰 Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
St Swithun's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Hangers Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Alice Holt Forest: Easy Access Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Alice Holt Forest: Lodge Pond Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Shipwrights Way Walking route ▾
A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map Alton Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 224 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 224 National Cycle Network
Show on map Chawton, Selborne LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 177 m ▾
Named route Ref 224 Length 177 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alice Holt Forest: Family Cycle Route Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Family Cycle Route Local cycle route
Show on map Bordon Off Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Shipwright's Way Mountain bike route ▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
19,311 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 19,311 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +39
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Siskin Spinus spinus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Rabbit
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Darter · Oedemera femoralis · Southern Hawker · Zygina flammigera +12
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Zygina flammigera Zygina flammigera2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 19,311 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +39
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Siskin Spinus spinus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Rabbit
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Common Darter · Oedemera femoralis · Southern Hawker · Zygina flammigera +12
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Zygina flammigera Zygina flammigera2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scaeva pyrastri2025
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2025
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Common Green Capsid Lygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025
Common Green Capsid Lygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025
Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator2025
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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