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📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

50.92035, -1.45877

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Common Sandpiper
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Common Sandpiper
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 171m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Stonechat, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher +91 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Stonechat, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher +91 more · last seen 2026

Playgrounds

Strong match

Free

playground, parking

Family friendly

Strong match

Free

playground; Urban park — family destination

Dog walks

Strong match

Free

Dogs allowed with public access

Insect spotting

Good match

Free

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter +7 more · last seen 2026

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Test WayWalking route▾

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

Solent WayWalking route▾

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

St James' WayWalking route110 km▾

Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾

Named routeRef E9International walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to GosportWalking route▾

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

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110 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

AshurstCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾

Named routeRef S2Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾

Named routeRef S3Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

92,369 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

92,369 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds94 species

autumn

2026

Stonechat · Common Sandpiper · Kingfisher · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon

+89 more species

All 94 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
CootFulica atra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
WryneckJynx torquilla2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

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Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Seals · Grey Squirrel

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Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

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Insects10 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter · Platycheirus albimanus · Melanostoma scalare

+5 more species

All 10 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

92,369 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds94 species

autumn

2026

Stonechat · Common Sandpiper · Kingfisher · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon

+89 more species

All 94 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
CootFulica atra2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
WryneckJynx torquilla2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

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Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer · Brown Rat · Red Fox · Seals · Grey Squirrel

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

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Insects10 species

spring

2026

Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter · Platycheirus albimanus · Melanostoma scalare

+5 more species

All 10 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Events & activities nearby

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Facilities

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Parking

10 nearby · 79m

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Playground

171m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

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