Wildern Nature Park - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.91930, -1.31150
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free
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 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Forest TrailWalking route▾
75 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
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
38,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Magpie · Treecreeper · Coal Tit +35
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects56 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Weevil · Mycophaga testacea · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly +51
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Silky Forklet-moss
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Magpie · Treecreeper · Coal Tit +35
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects56 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Weevil · Mycophaga testacea · Meliscaeva auricollis · Marmalade Hoverfly +51
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Silky Forklet-moss
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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