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✦ Ancient woodland54 ha

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Getting here

51.14721, -1.66325

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Brimstone, Small Heath +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Corn Bunting, Blackbird +37 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Corn Bunting, Blackbird +37 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Danebury Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

A strenuous 24 miles that takes in some of Hampshire’s finest scenery. This cycle route joins easy sections of the Test Way with the steeper gradients of the Broughton Downs.

Named routeListed length 24 miHampshire off Road cycle trails

Wildlife to spot

23,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

winter

2025

Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +8

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Brimstone · Small Heath · Green-veined White +14

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small BlueCupido minimus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
WallLasiommata megera2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Wood Anemone

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

winter

2025

Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Lapwing · Woodpigeon +8

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
LapwingVanellus vanellus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Brimstone · Small Heath · Green-veined White +14

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small BlueCupido minimus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
WallLasiommata megera2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Wood Anemone

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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✦WILBURY HOUSEHistoric site3 km→🐄Rare Breeds FarmVisitor farm4.5 km→✦Barrow cemetery 730m north of Hampshire GapHistoric site2.1 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds2.4 km→🌱Wilbury ParkUrban park2.8 km→⛪St Peter's ChurchReligious grounds4.8 km→

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