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Dogs welcome

Getting here

50.89683, -1.40195

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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
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Hoxton Bakehouse GHT Cafe — 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
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Hoxton Bakehouse GHT Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPicnic spotToilets

Best for

5 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Magpie, Carrion Crow +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Magpie, Carrion Crow +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) +33 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) +33 more · last seen 2026

Free

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 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

Meadow Nature TrailWalking route2.5 km

Named routeLength 2.5 km

Woods and Meadows WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

149 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

Wildlife to spot

15,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon +54

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects10 species

winter

2026

Midge · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +5

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

15,149 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winter

2026

Shoveler · Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon +54

ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects10 species

winter

2026

Midge · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +5

MidgeCulicoides
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae
Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea
Scaptomyza pallidaScaptomyza pallida
Stenocranus minutusStenocranus minutus