🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.77990, -0.69092
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕West Park Cafe — 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕West Park Cafe — 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· Paid🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Swift +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Swift +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sea-kale, Lesser Celandine, Alexanders +84 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sea-kale, Lesser Celandine, Alexanders +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bognor Regis to ChichesterCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A259 cycle route (Chichester - Worthing)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bersted to Shripney Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Route 288Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 288National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route▾
considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,052 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
18,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Robin +33
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Pea-leaf Weevil · Southern Green Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Turnip Tigress +3
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
🌿Plants11 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Green Alkanet · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine · Daisy +6
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Robin +33
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Pea-leaf Weevil · Southern Green Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Turnip Tigress +3
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025
🌿Plants11 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Alexanders · Green Alkanet · Shepherd's-purse · Lesser Celandine · Daisy +6
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria2025
Volucella zonaria2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Hairy Finger-grassDigitaria sanguinalis2025Hairy Finger-grassDigitaria sanguinalis2025Events & activities nearby
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