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Carisbrooke Avenue Playing Fields

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +100 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +100 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Tutsan, Wood Dock +18 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Tutsan, Wood Dock +18 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

Greenway Closepublic footpath · 39 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential

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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 150Cycling route

Named routeRef 150National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 150Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route378 m

Named routeRef 150Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route34 m

Named routeRef 150Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route2.8 km

Named routeRef 150Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route420 m

Named routeRef 150Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds105 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +100

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SwiftApus apus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
TealAnas crecca2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Siberian Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca blythi2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
CootFulica atra2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Brown Hare +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Box Tree Moth · Ruddy Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +32

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2021
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2022
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2022
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2022
Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2021
Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2021
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021
Strophosoma nebulosumStrophosoma nebulosum2021
Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2021
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum2021
Olibrus affinisOlibrus affinis2021
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2021
Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus2021
Brachypterus glaberBrachypterus glaber2021
Nettle Pollen BeetleBrachypterus urticae2021
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2021
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2021

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Plants21 species

autumn

2023

Himalayan Balsam · Scented Mayweed · Smaller Cat's-tail · Tutsan · Wood Dock +16

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Sweet VioletViola odorata
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Wild-oatAvena fatua
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Dog-roseRosa canina
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
White CloverTrifolium repens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds105 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull +100

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SwiftApus apus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
TealAnas crecca2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Siberian Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca blythi2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
RedshankTringa totanus2023
GannetMorus bassanus2023
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2023
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2023
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2023
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
CootFulica atra2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac · Brown Hare +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Box Tree Moth · Ruddy Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +32

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Ischnopterapion lotiIschnopterapion loti2021
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2022
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2022
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2022
Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2021
Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2021
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021
Strophosoma nebulosumStrophosoma nebulosum2021
Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2021
Mecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorum2021
Olibrus affinisOlibrus affinis2021
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2021
Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus2021
Brachypterus glaberBrachypterus glaber2021
Nettle Pollen BeetleBrachypterus urticae2021
Eutrichapion erviEutrichapion ervi2021
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2021

🌿

Plants21 species

autumn

2023

Himalayan Balsam · Scented Mayweed · Smaller Cat's-tail · Tutsan · Wood Dock +16

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Sweet VioletViola odorata
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
Wild-oatAvena fatua
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Dog-roseRosa canina
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
White CloverTrifolium repens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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