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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome 23 ha
Places › England › South East › Southampton Getting here
50.90673, -1.40238
Open directionsv ✦ Grade II* Registered Park and Garden — Particularly important historic designed landscape on the National Heritage List for England, of more than special interest.
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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Flying Aubergine Mediterranean Café — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Flying Aubergine Mediterranean Café — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Midge +59 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Midge +59 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Solent Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 87km Regional walking route
Show on map Hamble Rail Trail Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Itchen Valley Woodland Nature Trail Walking route ▾
Meadow Nature Trail Walking route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Length 2.5 km
Show on map 160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Eling to Holbury Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Southampton Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S2 Local cycle route
Show on map Southampton Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S3 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to Lyndhurst Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 236 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle Route Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
48,786 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 48,786 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Black-tailed Godwit +47
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Midge · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +10
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Midge Culicoides Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea Scaptomyza pallida Scaptomyza pallida Stenocranus minutus Stenocranus minutus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 48,786 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Black-tailed Godwit +47
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Midge · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +10
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Midge Culicoides Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea Scaptomyza pallida Scaptomyza pallida Stenocranus minutus Stenocranus minutus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla
Sylvicola Sylvicola
Sylvicola Sylvicola
Meligethes Meligethes
Meligethes Meligethes
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
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