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Mottistone Manor

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
☕Mottistone Tea Garden — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ 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
☕Mottistone Tea Garden — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPicnic spotToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Kestrel +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Kestrel +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Chalk Hill Blue +58 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Chalk Hill Blue +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Easy access

Good match

parking, toilets

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

17 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km

Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Worsley TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tennyson TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Compton Bay and Downs Walk, Isle of WightWalking route12 km

Enjoy far-reaching views on this walk over Afton, Brook & Compton Downs. Follow in the footsteps of dinosaurs & look for their fossilised remains along the coast. Uneven pathways, hilly terrain, gates, stiles & steps. Dogs welcome on leads near livestock

Named routeLength 12 kmDuration 03:00-03:30Round tripLocal walking route

Discover Dansbury trail, Isle of WightWalking route5.4 km

A walk over farmland & the Dunsbury Estate. Magnificent coastal views & a chance to learn about the island's coastguard. Watch out for birds such as skylarks and butterflies such as the Glanville fritillary.

Named routeLength 5.4 kmDuration 01:30-02:00Round tripLocal walking route

Fernfield Lanepublic footpath · 232 m

Significant tree roots (unavoidable, 0.15 high).

Public pathpublic footpathLength 232 mSurface dirtPath type: footway

Fernfield Lanepublic footpath · 77 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 77 mSurface grassPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Round the Island RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route

Manors and Mills: Brighstone to Shorwell Quieter Lanes Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef Manors and MillsLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chalk Ridge ExtremeMountain bike route

Named route

Chevy ChaseMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Blind Lanebyway open to all traffic · 134 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 134 mSurface pavedPath type: track

Church Lanebyway open to all traffic · 61 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 61 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Church Lanebyway open to all traffic · 15 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 15 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Church Lanebyway open to all traffic · 59 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 59 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Ridget Lanebyway open to all traffic · 36 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 36 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

25,574 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,574 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumn

2026

Robin · House Martin · Spotted Flycatcher · Redstart · Blackcap +49

RobinErithacus rubecula
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects3 species

springautumn

2026

Common Darter · Dotted Bee-fly · Hornet Robberfly

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,574 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

summerautumn

2026

Robin · House Martin · Spotted Flycatcher · Redstart · Blackcap +49

RobinErithacus rubecula
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects3 species

springautumn

2026

Common Darter · Dotted Bee-fly · Hornet Robberfly

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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