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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
50.83262, -1.62439
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Keeled Skimmer, White-legged Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: RHINEFIELD HOUSE HOTEL; Historic site
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Jubilee TrailWalking route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef greenLength 1.6 kmLocal walking route
The Deer Watch TrailWalking route800 m▾
Named routeRef yellowLength 800 mLocal walking route
The Radnor TrailWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 3.2 kmLocal walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 256Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 256National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest On Road Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Brokenhurst station linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Brockenhurst Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
15,146 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,146 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Blackbird · Fieldfare +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Fallow Deer
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Keeled Skimmer · Gorse Weevil · Minotaur Beetle · White-legged Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Field Gentian
- Field GentianGentianella campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,146 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Blackbird · Fieldfare +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Fallow Deer
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Keeled Skimmer · Gorse Weevil · Minotaur Beetle · White-legged Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Field Gentian
- Field GentianGentianella campestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Hippobosca equinaHippobosca equina2025Hippobosca equinaHippobosca equina2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio2025Scarce Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura pumilio2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025