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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Isle of Wight Getting here
50.69855, -1.29703
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Quay 2 Quay — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Quay 2 Quay — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +85 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Syritta pipiens +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Syritta pipiens +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Yar River Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Isle of Wight Coastal Path Walking route 113 km ▾
Named route Length 113 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Tennyson Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Bembridge Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Stenbury Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Castlehold Lane public footpath · 66 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 66 m Surface paving_stones Path type: footway
Show on map Westminster Lane public footpath · 29 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 29 m Path type: service
Show on map St Cross Lane public footpath · 35 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 35 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cowes (Route 3) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Cowes (Route 4) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Stag Lane to Noke Common Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst Forest Mountain bike route ▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Show on map Chalk Ridge Extreme Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
24,143 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,143 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Magpie +48
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Herring Gull Larus argentatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Siskin Spinus spinus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Raven Corvus corax Little Egret Egretta garzetta Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Stock Dove Columba oenas Greenfinch Chloris chloris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnet Linaria cannabina Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Skylark Alauda arvensis Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Syritta pipiens · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly +19
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Syrphus ribesii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,143 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Magpie +48
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Herring Gull Larus argentatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Rock Dove Columba livia Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Siskin Spinus spinus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Raven Corvus corax Little Egret Egretta garzetta Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Stock Dove Columba oenas Greenfinch Chloris chloris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnet Linaria cannabina Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Skylark Alauda arvensis Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Syritta pipiens · Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly +19
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Syrphus ribesii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Eristalis Eristalis2025
Eristalis Eristalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidis Drepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2025
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2025
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2025
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Cheilosia caerulescens Cheilosia caerulescens2025
Cheilosia caerulescens Cheilosia caerulescens2025 