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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Rushmoor Getting here
51.26944, -0.73102
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Chrysotoxum cautum, Harlequin Ladybird, Dusky Cockroach +200 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Chrysotoxum cautum, Harlequin Ladybird, Dusky Cockroach +200 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Bladderwort, Rigid Hornwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Bladderwort, Rigid Hornwort · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wellesley Green Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 221 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 221 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Red Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref red Local cycle route
Show on map Scholars Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie Trail Mountain bike route 13.7 km ▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named route Length 13.7 km
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User Path Mountain bike route ▾
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,210 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,210 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Moorhen · Robin · Coot · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +43
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Magpie Pica pica Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coal Tit Periparus ater Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Gadwall Mareca strepera Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Martin Delichon urbicum Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Raven Corvus corax House Sparrow Passer domesticus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Muscidae · Ribautiana tenerrima · Helina evecta · Gorse Shieldbug · Leopoldius signatus +10
Muscidae Muscidae Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima Helina evecta Helina evecta Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens 24-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,210 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Moorhen · Robin · Coot · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +43
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Great Tit Parus major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Magpie Pica pica Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coal Tit Periparus ater Canada Goose Branta canadensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Stock Dove Columba oenas Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Gadwall Mareca strepera Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Herring Gull Larus argentatus House Martin Delichon urbicum Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Raven Corvus corax House Sparrow Passer domesticus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia Starling Sturnus vulgaris Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Muscidae · Ribautiana tenerrima · Helina evecta · Gorse Shieldbug · Leopoldius signatus +10
Muscidae Muscidae Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima Helina evecta Helina evecta Gorse Shieldbug Piezodorus lituratus Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens 24-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Didea Didea
Didea Didea
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Didea fasciata Didea fasciata
Didea fasciata Didea fasciata
Phaonia Phaonia
Phaonia Phaonia
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus 