Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
50.70819, -1.28668
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blackbird +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blackbird +84 more · last seen 2026; Mudflats priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 52 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yar River TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Tennyson TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Bembridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Stenbury TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Newport to Cowes cyclewaypublic footpath · 17 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 17 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Mews Lanepublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mSurface compactedPath type: service
Newport to Cowes cyclewaypublic footpath · 24 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 24 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Cowes (Route 3)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cowes Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cowes (Route 4)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst ForestMountain bike route▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Chalk Ridge ExtremeMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
25,069 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,069 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Moorhen · Magpie +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Eristalis tenax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +5
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,069 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Moorhen · Magpie +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Eristalis tenax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +5
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025