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🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
50.84965, -0.77468
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Peregrine
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 146m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Spotted Woodpecker and Peregrine
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 146m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Peregrine, Mediterranean Gull +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Peregrine, Mediterranean Gull +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Syrphus, Stag Beetle +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
New Lipchis WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Hayling to East Head: Avoidance of Itchenor FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Selsey Tram WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Centurion WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
79 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 288Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
Shopwhyke to Chichester Cycle Route (Via Westhampnett Road)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chichester to Norton Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle routeSurface asphalt
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Saltern's WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Around Chichester Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
26,678 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,678 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Great Tit · Blue Tit +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Otter
🐝Insects5 species
springwinter
2026▾
Syrphus · Sphaerophoria scripta · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle · Wood Avens · Daisy · Ivy +99
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- IvyHedera helix
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,678 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Great Tit · Blue Tit +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Otter
🐝Insects5 species
springwinter
2026▾
Syrphus · Sphaerophoria scripta · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Meliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Green Alkanet · Red Dead-nettle · Wood Avens · Daisy · Ivy +99
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- IvyHedera helix
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas