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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.83049, -1.38518
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ 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 on site — 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, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Beautiful Demoiselle, Keeled Skimmer +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to GosportWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Strawberry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lepe Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,215 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,215 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +36
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Badger · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Beautiful Demoiselle · Stag Beetle · Aphis fabae group · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Sallow Pea-galler +9
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Aphis fabae groupAphis fabae group
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Conops quadrifasciatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,215 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +36
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Badger · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Beautiful Demoiselle · Stag Beetle · Aphis fabae group · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Sallow Pea-galler +9
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Aphis fabae groupAphis fabae group
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Conops quadrifasciatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Conops quadrifasciatus
Conops quadrifasciatus
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