Lionheart Way Ecology Park - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.89620, -1.31947
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
- ☕Tesco Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Tesco Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
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 km10 signed routes nearby · 6 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
91 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 6 & 7 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,552 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Robin · House Martin · Siskin · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Common Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects73 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug +68
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Bifid Crestwort
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,552 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Robin · House Martin · Siskin · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Common Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects73 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Helophilus pendulus · Red-legged Shieldbug +68
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Bifid Crestwort
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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