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50.75677, -1.54020

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Black-headed Gull
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· PaidToilets

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Strong match

Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park; Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

European walking route E9, Isle of Wight alternativeWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Christchurch Bay WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route751 m

Named routeRef 2Length 751 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lymington Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

62,426 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

62,426 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

winter

2026

Teal · Black-headed Gull · Avocet · Lapwing · Brent Goose +62

TealAnas crecca
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

62,426 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

winter

2026

Teal · Black-headed Gull · Avocet · Lapwing · Brent Goose +62

TealAnas crecca
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
CootFulica atra2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jaggery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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