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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.93073, -1.51941
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Egyptian Goose
- ☀️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
- 🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Egyptian Goose
- ☀️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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Egyptian Goose, Teal +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Egyptian Goose, Teal +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Scarce Chaser, Eristalis pertinax, Banded Demoiselle +84 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 km1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
The Drovepublic footpath · 117 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 117 mPath type: residential
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
AshurstCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S9Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S4Local cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
66,458 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
66,458 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCormorant · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Mallard · Carrion Crow +41
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MagpiePica pica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Fox
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird +22
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Melanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
66,458 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCormorant · Tufted Duck · Canada Goose · Mallard · Carrion Crow +41
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TealAnas crecca
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- MagpiePica pica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Pipistrelle Bat species · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Fox
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus · Meliscaeva auricollis · 7-spot Ladybird +22
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Melanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare
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