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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.43609, -2.00664
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Vanessa's Treasure — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Vanessa's Treasure — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hedgehog, Feral Cat, Otter +12 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +116 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Smooth Sow-thistle, Daisy, Red Dead-nettle +162 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wansdyke PathWalking route13 km▾
https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/downloads/WPdirections,MborotoSmallgrainSept2020.pdf
https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/downloads/WPdirections,SmallgraintoMboroSept2020.pdf
Named routeLength 13 kmLocal walking route
White Horse TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef WHTRegional walking route
Mid Wilts WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 403Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 403National Cycle Network
Wiltshire Cycleway, Pewsey ValeCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route109 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 109 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route145 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route115 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route602 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 602 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,263 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,263 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Wren · House Sparrow +12
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Otter · Bat
- OtterLutra lutra
- BatChiroptera
🐝Insects47 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid · Eristalis tenax · Spotted-winged Drosophila +42
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Culex pipiens
Petty Spurge · Field Bindweed · Common Ragwort · Nipplewort · Wood Avens +18
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- NipplewortLapsana communis2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,263 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit · Wren · House Sparrow +12
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Strix aluco sylvaticaStrix aluco sylvatica
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Otter · Bat
- OtterLutra lutra
- BatChiroptera
🐝Insects47 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid · Eristalis tenax · Spotted-winged Drosophila +42
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Culex pipiens
Petty Spurge · Field Bindweed · Common Ragwort · Nipplewort · Wood Avens +18
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- NipplewortLapsana communis2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Culex pipiens2025
Culex pipiens2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataEctopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegiDrosophila hydeiDrosophila hydei2025Drosophila hydeiDrosophila hydei2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus2025Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus2025Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae2025Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina2025Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025Stethorus pusillusStethorus pusillus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Ribautiana debilisRibautiana debilis2025Ribautiana debilisRibautiana debilis2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025Drosophila immigransDrosophila immigrans2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi2025Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi2025Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montanaIntermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montanaField MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025Events & activities nearby
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