Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.83106, -1.39322
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 160m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 160m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +69 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Keeled Skimmer, Beautiful Demoiselle +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to GosportWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Strawberry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Lepe Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 996 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 996 mPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,433 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,433 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Beautiful Demoiselle · Stag Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Sallow Pea-galler · Brown Heath Robberfly +12
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus
- Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,433 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Beautiful Demoiselle · Stag Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Sallow Pea-galler · Brown Heath Robberfly +12
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus
- Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthetrum cancellatum
Orthetrum cancellatum
PlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensUroleucon (Uroleucon) cirsiiUroleucon (Uroleucon) cirsiiUroleucon (Uroleucon) cirsiiUroleucon (Uroleucon) cirsiiAphis fabae groupAphis fabae groupAphis fabae groupAphis fabae groupUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiMarsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicusMarsh Click BeetleActenicerus sjaelandicusCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataEvents & activities nearby
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