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🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
50.90902, -1.40296
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-headed Gull
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Flying Aubergine Mediterranean Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-headed Gull
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Flying Aubergine Mediterranean Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Midge +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Itchen Valley Woodland Nature TrailWalking route▾
Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km▾
Named routeLength 2.5 km
158 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
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
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
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Path in East (Andrews) Park
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Wildlife to spot
50,134 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
50,134 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Black-tailed Godwit +47
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Midge · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +9
- MidgeCulicoides
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae
- Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
- Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida
- Stenocranus minutusStenocranus minutus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,134 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Black-tailed Godwit +47
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Midge · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +9
- MidgeCulicoides
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae
- Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
- Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida
- Stenocranus minutusStenocranus minutus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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SylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaMeligethesMeligethesMeligethesMeligethesVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025