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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.81979, -1.06634
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Mardin — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Mardin — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Moorhen +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Moorhen +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Havant Footpath 30Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
163 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to TitchfieldCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Havant Borough Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Shipwright's WayMountain bike route▾
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
22,532 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
22,532 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +43
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · House Mouse · Brown Rat · Polecat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- House MouseMus musculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- PolecatMustela putorius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Speckled Wood · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Small White · Red Admiral +25
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Pale Galingale
- Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,532 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck · Carrion Crow +43
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · House Mouse · Brown Rat · Polecat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- House MouseMus musculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- PolecatMustela putorius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Speckled Wood · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Small White · Red Admiral +25
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Pale Galingale
- Pale GalingaleCyperus eragrostis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Paropsisterna selmaniParopsisterna selmani2025Paropsisterna selmaniParopsisterna selmani2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Abia aenea/loniceraeAbia aenea/lonicerae2025Abia aenea/loniceraeAbia aenea/lonicerae2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2024Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Events & activities nearby
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