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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 473 ha
Getting here
51.33112, -1.35745
Open directionsv Highclere Castle is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated during the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century. The 5,000-acre (2,000-hectare) estate is in Highclere, Hampshire, England, about five miles south of Newbury, Berkshire, and 9+1⁄2 miles north of Andover, Hampshire. The 19th-century renovation is in a Jacobethan and Italianate style produced by architect Charles Barry.
Read more on Wikipedia → Garden Grade I listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +73 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
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Grade I listed building: HIGHCLERE CASTLE; Historic site with public access
Free
🦉 Wildlife
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Mammals — Indet. Deer, Hazel Dormouse, Badger +12 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
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Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
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Fungi — Pachyphiale carneola, Sporodophoron cretaceum, Cresponea premnea +17 more · last seen 2015
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wayfarers Walk Walking route ▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Brenda Parker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Watership Down Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Family Amble, NW Hants Walking route 3.1 km ▾
Named route Length 3.1 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Outward Hound, NW Hants Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref 1: Watership Down
Show on map Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Cycling Discoveries in North Hampshire Mountain bike route ▾
4 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
1,498 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,498 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Pheasant · Blue Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2022 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Indet. Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +4
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Indet. Deer Cervidae2022 Badger Meles meles Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2020 Peacock · Painted Lady · Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White +15
Peacock Aglais io2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,498 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Pheasant · Blue Tit +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2022 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Indet. Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Hedgehog +4
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Indet. Deer Cervidae2022 Badger Meles meles Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2020 Peacock · Painted Lady · Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White +15
Peacock Aglais io2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Mouse
Wood Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus2022
Apodemus sylvaticus2022
Fallow Deer Dama dama2022
Fallow Deer Dama dama2022
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2020
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2020
Otter Lutra lutra2019
Otter Lutra lutra2019
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2023
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2023
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2022
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2022
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2022
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2022
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2020
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
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