Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
50.91042, -1.47730
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 159m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 159m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull +81 more · last seen 2025; Mudflats priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
The Drovewaypublic footpath · 639 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 639 mPath type: footway
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
AshurstCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Photos
Pathway from Eling Church graveyard to Goatee
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
50,090 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
50,090 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare · Epistrophe eligans +21
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eupeodes luniger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,090 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare · Epistrophe eligans +21
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Eupeodes luniger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger
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