Southwood Country Park 3 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South East › Rushmoor Getting here
51.28689, -0.78402
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 248m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 248m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Yellow Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref yellow Local walking route
Show on map Wellesley Green Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hitches Lane to Fleet Town Centre pedestrian and cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Farnborough Pyestock Gate Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Red Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref red Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor Cycle Network [FF] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Blue Track Mountain bike route ▾
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Multi-User Path Mountain bike route ▾
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,345 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,345 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Dartford Warbler · Nuthatch · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +50
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 22 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird +17
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marsh Clubmoss
Marsh Clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,345 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Dartford Warbler · Nuthatch · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +50
Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 22 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Green Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird +17
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marsh Clubmoss
Marsh Clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Willow Emerald Damselfly
Willow Emerald Damselfly
Chalcolestes viridis2025
Chalcolestes viridis2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Rhamphus pulicarius Rhamphus pulicarius2025
Rhamphus pulicarius Rhamphus pulicarius2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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