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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome136 ha
Getting here
51.23684, -1.29234
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Canada Goose
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Canada Goose
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Canada Goose, Moorhen +34 more · last seen 2026; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Roe Deer, American Mink +11 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: LAVERSTOKE HOUSE
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +189 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Watership Down TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 1: Watership Down
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,547 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Gadwall · Cormorant +24
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · American Mink +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Slow-worm
🐝Insects22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +17
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,547 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Gadwall · Cormorant +24
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · American Mink +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Slow-worm
🐝Insects22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +17
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra2022Chaetopteryx villosa
Chaetopteryx villosa
Chaetopteryx villosa2024
Chaetopteryx villosa2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Grey-backed Mining BeeAndrena vaga2024Grey-backed Mining BeeAndrena vaga2024HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Rock-rose Pot BeetleCryptocephalus primarius2021Rock-rose Pot BeetleCryptocephalus primarius2021OrthocladiinaeOrthocladiinae2021OrthocladiinaeOrthocladiinae2021Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2021Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2021Silo nigricornisSilo nigricornis2021Silo nigricornisSilo nigricornis2021Oreodytes sanmarkiiOreodytes sanmarkii2021Oreodytes sanmarkiiOreodytes sanmarkii2021AgapetusAgapetus2021AgapetusAgapetus2021Green DrakeEphemera danica2021Green DrakeEphemera danica2021Events & activities nearby
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