Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard 9 ha
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Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South East › Gosport Getting here
50.80693, -1.12859
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Camber Lights Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Camber Lights Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking
🦉 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 — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher +90 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Western Conifer Seed Bug +28 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Western Conifer Seed Bug +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰 Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Allan King Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 44 miles Regional walking route
Show on map Pilgrims' Trail 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 The Shipwrights Way Walking route ▾
A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map 170 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to Titchfield Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 236 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to Titchfield Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 236 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 224 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 224 National Cycle Network
Show on map Portsmouth E-W route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Portsmouth E-W route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Shipwright's Way Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
12,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,582 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 53 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Starling · Pied Wagtail +48
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2023 Teal Anas crecca2023 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Box Bug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +13
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2024 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,582 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 53 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Starling · Pied Wagtail +48
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Goosander Mergus merganser2024 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2023 Teal Anas crecca2023 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Box Bug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +13
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2024 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria
Volucella zonaria
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Acalypta parvula Acalypta parvula
Acalypta parvula Acalypta parvula
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024 