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Cowes Castle - Royal Yacht Squadron

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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
☕Manny's — 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
☕Manny's — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPicnic spotToilets

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5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Black-headed Gull +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Black-headed Gull +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +62 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km

Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Round the Island RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route

Cowes (Route 4)Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Stag Lane to Noke CommonCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

Cowes (Route 3)Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lepe Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route

Named route

Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst ForestMountain bike route

Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide

Named route

Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

16,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +61

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great TitParus major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2025

Red Squirrel · Weasel · Common Pipistrelle

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
WeaselMustela nivalis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects65 species

springsummer

2025

Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +60

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2023
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
MelangynaMelangyna2023
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
EumerusEumerus2023
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2023
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023
HelophilusHelophilus2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
Phania funestaPhania funesta2023
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2023
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2023
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +61

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Great TitParus major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2025

Red Squirrel · Weasel · Common Pipistrelle

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
WeaselMustela nivalis
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Palmate Newt · Common Frog

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects65 species

springsummer

2025

Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +60

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2023
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2023
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2023
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
MelangynaMelangyna2023
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
EumerusEumerus2023
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2023
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023
HelophilusHelophilus2023
EupeodesEupeodes2023
Phania funestaPhania funesta2023
Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2023
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2023
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2023
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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