Borrowdale Road Allotments
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Dogs welcome
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50.92625, -1.45578
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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 🐕 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 🐕 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stonechat, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher +86 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Stonechat, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 24-spot Ladybird, Dotted Bee-fly +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 24-spot Ladybird, Dotted Bee-fly +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Test Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 79 Regional walking route
Show on map Solent Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 87km Regional walking route
Show on map St James' Way Walking route 110 km ▾
Named route Ref SJW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to Gosport Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Ashurst Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Eling to Holbury Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Southampton Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S2 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Maybush, terraced housing
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Wildlife to spot
91,899 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 91,899 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Blackcap · Bullfinch · Nuthatch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Green Woodpecker +44
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · 24-spot Ladybird · Dotted Bee-fly · Spear Thistle Lacebug · Epistrophe eligans +9
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor Spear Thistle Lacebug Tingis (Tingis) cardui Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 91,899 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Blackcap · Bullfinch · Nuthatch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Green Woodpecker +44
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Robin Erithacus rubecula Dunnock Prunella modularis Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · 24-spot Ladybird · Dotted Bee-fly · Spear Thistle Lacebug · Epistrophe eligans +9
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor Spear Thistle Lacebug Tingis (Tingis) cardui Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dock Bug
Dock Bug
Coreus marginatus
Coreus marginatus
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Yellow Meadow Ant Lasius flavus
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) 