Broadleaved woodland near Gosport 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Gosport Getting here
50.80227, -1.12805
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Allan King Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 44 miles Regional walking route
Show on map Pilgrims' Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Solent Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 87km Regional 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 European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map 147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to Titchfield Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 236 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to Titchfield Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 236 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 224 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 224 National Cycle Network
Show on map Portsmouth E-W route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Portsmouth E-W route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Shipwright's Way Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
11,801 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,801 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon +43
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Box Bug · Southern Green Shieldbug +18
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,801 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon +43
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2024 🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Box Bug · Southern Green Shieldbug +18
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Aeshna mixta
Aeshna mixta
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus
Helophilus hybridus Helophilus hybridus
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Acalypta parvula Acalypta parvula
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