🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
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Places › England › South East › Southampton Getting here
50.90773, -1.40358
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Flying Aubergine Mediterranean Café — 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Flying Aubergine Mediterranean Café — 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 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Solent Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 87km Regional walking route
Show on map Hamble Rail Trail Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Itchen Valley Woodland Nature Trail Walking route ▾
Meadow Nature Trail Walking route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Length 2.5 km
Show on map 160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Eling to Holbury Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Southampton Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S2 Local cycle route
Show on map Southampton Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S3 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to Lyndhurst Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 236 National Cycle Network
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle Route Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
49,368 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 49,368 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Black-tailed Godwit +47
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Coot Fulica atra Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Midge · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +9
Midge Culicoides Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea Scaptomyza pallida Scaptomyza pallida Stenocranus minutus Stenocranus minutus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 49,368 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Black-tailed Godwit +47
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Coot Fulica atra Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Harbour Seal
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina Midge · Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Anthomyiidae · Mocydia crocea · Scaptomyza pallida +9
Midge Culicoides Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Anthomyiidae Anthomyiidae Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea Scaptomyza pallida Scaptomyza pallida Stenocranus minutus Stenocranus minutus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla
Cacopsylla
Sylvicola Sylvicola
Sylvicola Sylvicola
Meligethes Meligethes
Meligethes Meligethes
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
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