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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › South East › Portsmouth Getting here
50.78153, -1.07219
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Southsea Beach Cafe — 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 ☕ Southsea Beach Cafe — 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 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mute Swan +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Mute Swan +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Hornet Hoverfly, Large Red Damselfly +47 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Batman Hoverfly, Hornet Hoverfly, Large Red Damselfly +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Pilgrims' Trail 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 The Shipwrights Way Walking route ▾
A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Isle of Wight alternative Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map 114 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 222 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 224 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 224 National Cycle Network
Show on map Portsmouth E-W route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Portsmouth E-W route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 45 m ▾
Named route Ref 22 Length 45 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Shipwright's Way Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
26,365 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,365 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan +34
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Pipistrelle Bat species
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Large Red Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hornet Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria scripta +9
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,365 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan +34
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Feral Cat · Pipistrelle Bat species
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Feral Cat Felis catus2025 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Large Red Damselfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hornet Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria scripta +9
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vine Weevil
Vine Weevil
Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Otiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
Harpalus affinis Harpalus affinis2025
Harpalus affinis Harpalus affinis2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea2025
Common Sun Beetle Amara aenea2025
Amara convexior Amara convexior2025
Amara convexior Amara convexior2025
Amara Amara2025
Amara Amara2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025 