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Hog Wood

✦ Ancient woodland7 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

50.95071, -1.32971

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Fox-tail Feather-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Kidney-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025; Insects — Kidney-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Pilgrims' TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Otter TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Water Vole WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

124 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chandlers FordCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef S5Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef S7Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef S6Local cycle route

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

57,246 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

57,246 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +59

MagpiePica pica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SiskinSpinus spinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common GullLarus canus
RookCorvus frugilegus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CootFulica atra
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RavenCorvus corax
Water RailRallus aquaticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

57,246 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +59

MagpiePica pica
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
NuthatchSitta europaea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SiskinSpinus spinus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JayGarrulus glandarius
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Mute SwanCygnus olor
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Common GullLarus canus
RookCorvus frugilegus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CootFulica atra
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RavenCorvus corax
Water RailRallus aquaticus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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