Hut Wood - Conifer woodland
36 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
50.96582, -1.40286
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 134m away — 16 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 134m away — 16 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Itchen Valley Woodland Nature TrailWalking route▾
Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 km
Woods and Meadows WalkWalking route▾
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
EastleighCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S3Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
20,613 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,613 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · House Martin · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Slow-worm · Adder · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Red-eyed Damselfly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Azure Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug +27
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,613 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · House Martin · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff +40
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Slow-worm · Adder · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Red-eyed Damselfly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Azure Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug +27
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraSepsisSepsisSepsisSepsisDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumVariable CockroachPlanuncus tingitanusVariable CockroachPlanuncus tingitanusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens