🦉Wildlife⚽Pitches🦅Birds
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.24332, -1.29489
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ⚽Playing fields 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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose +33 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +241 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +241 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Watership Down TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route▾
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
Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 1: Watership Down
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10,591 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,591 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Gadwall · Cormorant +24
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit +5
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Slow-worm
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +10
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,591 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Gadwall · Cormorant +24
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit +5
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pine MartenMartes martes
Slow-worm
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +10
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2021
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra20222024
2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Grey-backed Mining BeeAndrena vaga2024Grey-backed Mining BeeAndrena vaga2024HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021