Loop Road Recreation Ground 5 ha
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 5 ha
Getting here
51.30393, -0.55688
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mallard ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Mallard ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, Great Spotted Woodpecker +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, Great Spotted Woodpecker +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cartodere bifasciata, Parent Bug, Spotted-winged Drosophila +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Canons and Cornmills Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Papercourt Lock to Triggs Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 9.6 km ▾
Starting from Papercourt, this walk is based in Send, where the River Wey Navigations has its navigation workshops. On this flat route you'll find locks from the 1760s and ponds and meadows that are important for the local wildlife. Flat & easy walking.
Named route Length 9.6 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Kingfield Green public footpath · 141 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 141 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Elmbridge Lane public footpath · 117 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 117 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Stockers Lane public footpath · 76 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 76 m Path type: residential
Show on map 114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Neptune (2) Local cycle route
Show on map Mars Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mars Local cycle route
Show on map Phobos Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Phobos Local cycle route
Show on map Mimas Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mimas Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Oberon Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Oberon Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
49,792 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 49,792 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 58 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Great Tit +53
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 47 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Cartodere bifasciata · Parent Bug · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Loosestrife Weevil +42
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Loosestrife Weevil Nanophyes marmoratus Psammoecus bipunctatus Psammoecus bipunctatus Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 49,792 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 58 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin · Great Tit +53
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 🐝 Insects 47 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Cartodere bifasciata · Parent Bug · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Loosestrife Weevil +42
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Loosestrife Weevil Nanophyes marmoratus Psammoecus bipunctatus Psammoecus bipunctatus Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus
Graphopsocus cruciatus Graphopsocus cruciatus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Melanostoma Melanostoma
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Clivina fossor Clivina fossor
Clivina fossor Clivina fossor
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum
White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes
White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Hollyhock Weevil Rhopalapion longirostre
Hollyhock Weevil Rhopalapion longirostre
Otiorhynchus raucus Otiorhynchus raucus
Otiorhynchus raucus Otiorhynchus raucus
Platyderus depressus Platyderus depressus
Platyderus depressus Platyderus depressus
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Pterostichus strenuus Pterostichus strenuus
Pterostichus strenuus Pterostichus strenuus
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Cerobasis guestfalica Cerobasis guestfalica
Eupterycyba jucunda Eupterycyba jucunda2025
Eupterycyba jucunda Eupterycyba jucunda2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Acericerus ribauti Acericerus ribauti2025
Acericerus ribauti Acericerus ribauti2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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