Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.98295, -1.36638
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 207m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 207m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 km14 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Otter TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water Vole WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Chestnut TrailWalking route▾
120 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Winchester Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S7Local cycle route
NCN 23 linkCycling route▾
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Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
23,588 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,588 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Birch Shieldbug · Dock Bug +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Culiseta annulata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,588 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
7-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Birch Shieldbug · Dock Bug +17
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Culiseta annulata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Culiseta annulata
Culiseta annulata
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiFerdinandeaFerdinandeaFerdinandeaFerdinandeaSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillusKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxNyctia halterataNyctia halterataNyctia halterataNyctia halterataChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumDark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticusDark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticusEvents & activities nearby
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