Cuckoo Bushes - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.99016, -1.38571
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 km11 signed routes nearby · 11 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▾
Kingswaypublic footpath · 196 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 196 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
117 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▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Valley Road, Chandler's Ford
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Wildlife to spot
39,708 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
39,708 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Marsh Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +45
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PochardAythya ferina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PintailAnas acuta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Mole · Otter
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-eyed Damselfly · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +7
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
39,708 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Marsh Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +45
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PochardAythya ferina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PintailAnas acuta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Mole · Otter
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-eyed Damselfly · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +7
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hawthorn Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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