Hollybush Park - Open water
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.26945, -0.73312
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wellesley Green RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Farnborough Pyestock GateCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Scholars GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named routeLength 13.7 km
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
15,966 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Moorhen · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon +39
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Muscidae · Ribautiana tenerrima · Helina evecta · Gorse Shieldbug · Leopoldius signatus +10
- MuscidaeMuscidae
- Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatus
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
- 24-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,966 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Moorhen · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon +39
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Muscidae · Ribautiana tenerrima · Helina evecta · Gorse Shieldbug · Leopoldius signatus +10
- MuscidaeMuscidae
- Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatus
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens
- 24-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
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