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Shirley Pond Park

4 ha

📷 Jim Champion · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

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50.92915, -1.43326

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 268m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Black-headed Gull
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 268m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Coot, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Test WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

St James' WayWalking route110 km

Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

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Cycling

182 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

EastleighCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

AshurstCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

94,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

94,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Great Tit +43

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MagpiePica pica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025

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Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

94,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Great Tit +43

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
MagpiePica pica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jim Champion · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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