Lionheart Way Ecology Park - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.89305, -1.31206
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
- 🌿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 welcome
Deciduous 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 km8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S7Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S2Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,342 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,342 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Curlew +53
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects7 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Rhododendron Leafhopper · Minotaur Beetle · 22-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper +2
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,342 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Curlew +53
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects7 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Rhododendron Leafhopper · Minotaur Beetle · 22-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper +2
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025