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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
50.91420, -1.50883
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ☀️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, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis pertinax +158 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 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Columbine Walkpublic footpath · 179 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 179 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
AshurstCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S9Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S4Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
34,973 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,973 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare +26
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Meliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,973 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Melanostoma scalare +26
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Meliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
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