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Long barrow 650m south-east of Ridgeway Farm

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Wainscot, Setaceous Hebrew Character +171 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Common Wainscot, Setaceous Hebrew Character +171 more · last seen 2019

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

Watership Down TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,906 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,906 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds12 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Buzzard · Red-legged Partridge · Barn Owl · Red Kite · Kestrel +7

BuzzardButeo buteo
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwiftApus apus2022
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare · Badger · Natterer's Bat · Hedgehog +1

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐝

Insects54 species

summer

2019

Large Yellow Underwing · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Common Wainscot · Vine's Rustic · Copper Underwing agg. +49

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea
White-pointMythimna albipuncta
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Toadflax PugEupithecia linariata
VapourerOrgyia antiqua
Black ArchesLymantria monacha
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Small Waved UmberHorisme vitalbata
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Blair's MochaCyclophora puppillaria
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata
Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,906 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds12 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Buzzard · Red-legged Partridge · Barn Owl · Red Kite · Kestrel +7

BuzzardButeo buteo
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
SwiftApus apus2022
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare · Badger · Natterer's Bat · Hedgehog +1

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020

🐝

Insects54 species

summer

2019

Large Yellow Underwing · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Common Wainscot · Vine's Rustic · Copper Underwing agg. +49

Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea
White-pointMythimna albipuncta
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Toadflax PugEupithecia linariata
VapourerOrgyia antiqua
Black ArchesLymantria monacha
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Small Waved UmberHorisme vitalbata
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi
SpectacleAbrostola tripartita
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa
Blair's MochaCyclophora puppillaria
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata
Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graham Horn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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