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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.15043, -0.98192
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Lady Place Car Park 227m away — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Mallard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Lady Place Car Park 227m away — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Moorhen +61 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Moorhen +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Marmalade Hoverfly, Oecetis ochracea +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 224
Varies
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hangers WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Yarnhams FarmWalking route▾
Named routeMaff conservation walks
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
AltonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Chawton, Selborne LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route502 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alton Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Bordon Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Photos
Flood Meadows, Alton, the old watercress beds
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,896 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,896 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Raven · Moorhen · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Coot +36
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Barbastelle
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oecetis ochracea · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly +8
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,896 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Raven · Moorhen · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Coot +36
- RavenCorvus corax
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Hedgehog · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Barbastelle
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-legged Shieldbug · Oecetis ochracea · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · Marmalade Hoverfly +8
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Asparagus BeetleCrioceris asparagi
- Roesel's Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roeseliana roeselii
Roeseliana roeselii
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDrilus flavescensDrilus flavescensDrilus flavescensDrilus flavescensCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaEvents & activities nearby
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