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Horsea Island Country Park

30 ha

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsFamilyPlay

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha

Getting here

50.83921, -1.10107

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦112+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mediterranean Gull and Peregrine
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 248m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦112+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mediterranean Gull and Peregrine
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 248m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mediterranean Gull, Peregrine, Black-headed Gull +109 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mediterranean Gull, Peregrine, Black-headed Gull +109 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Philorhizus melanocephalus, Geomyza subnigra, Kelisia guttula +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

Allan King WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route

Pilgrims' TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

The Shipwrights WayWalking route

A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

160 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 222Cycling route

Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 236 - Portsmouth to TitchfieldCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

Havant Borough Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

Havant Borough NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Shipwright's WayMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

45,286 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

45,286 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumnwinter

2025

Peregrine · Redshank · Oystercatcher · Dark-bellied Brent Goose · Common Gull +51

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RedshankTringa totanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
Common GullLarus canus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenshankTringa nebularia
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
DunlinCalidris alpina
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GoosanderMergus merganser
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
CootFulica atra

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Insects3 species

winter

2026

Philorhizus melanocephalus · Geomyza subnigra · Kelisia guttula

Philorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalus
Geomyza subnigraGeomyza subnigra
Kelisia guttulaKelisia guttula

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

45,286 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

autumnwinter

2025

Peregrine · Redshank · Oystercatcher · Dark-bellied Brent Goose · Common Gull +51

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RedshankTringa totanus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
Common GullLarus canus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenshankTringa nebularia
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
DunlinCalidris alpina
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
MagpiePica pica
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mergus merganser merganserMergus merganser merganser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
TealAnas crecca
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GoosanderMergus merganser
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus
CootFulica atra

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

Philorhizus melanocephalus · Geomyza subnigra · Kelisia guttula

Philorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalus
Geomyza subnigraGeomyza subnigra
Kelisia guttulaKelisia guttula

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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