Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
51.23510, -1.14624
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦36+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Kestrel +33 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Kestrel +33 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Common Blue +25 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 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Beggarwood Lanepublic footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: footway
Beggarwood Lanepublic footpath · 28 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Beggarwood Lanepublic footpath · 152 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 152 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Calleva TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Calleva TrailRegional cycle route
Oakley to Basingstoke Multi-User RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Basingstoke Strategic Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alencon Link Accessibility ImprovementsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
(proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Candovers Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2: Cliddesden Duck Pond
Ellisfield Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Roman Roadbridleway · 365 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 365 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: path
Roman Roadbridleway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmSurface fine_gravelPath type: path
Roman Roadbridleway · 6 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 6 mSurface gravelPath type: path
Roman Roadbridleway · 29 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 29 mSurface gravelIncline upPath type: path
Roman Roadbridleway · 22 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 22 mSurface gravelIncline upPath type: path
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
49,949 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,949 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Kestrel · Robin · Blue Tit +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Large White · Red Admiral +23
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,949 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Kestrel · Robin · Blue Tit +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Small White · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Large White · Red Admiral +23
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Brown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidumBrown Soft-scaleCoccus hesperidumHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica2025Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2025Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Small BlueCupido minimus2024Small BlueCupido minimus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Events & activities nearby
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