West Wood - Grassland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🚲Cycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.86737, -1.33547
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Hamble Rail Trailpublic footpath · 557 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 557 mPath type: footway
Westfield Commonpublic footpath · 552 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 552 mPath type: unclassified
115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S1Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
13,730 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +53
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Eupeodes · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Parent Bug · Batman Hoverfly +17
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Cormorant · Great Crested Grebe · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +53
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Eupeodes · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Parent Bug · Batman Hoverfly +17
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025SuilliaSuillia2025SuilliaSuillia2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Events & activities nearby
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