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Itchen Valley Country Park

4 ha

📷 Hugh Venables · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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50.94292, -1.34051

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPicnic spotToilets

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Robin +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Robin +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, Dock Bug · last seen 2025; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug, Dock Bug · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Fox-tail Feather-moss · last seen 2025; Plants — Fox-tail Feather-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

Otter TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Water Vole WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Chestnut TrailWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

153 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chandlers FordCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef S1Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef S5Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef S7Local cycle route

National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

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

66,602 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

66,602 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · Blackbird +57

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

66,602 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · Blackbird +57

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025

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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