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St James Park

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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50.92719, -1.43010

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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 Blue Tit and Coot
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — 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 Blue Tit and Coot
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Coot, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Coot, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

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

178 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

94,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

94,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose +43

CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
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
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

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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

94,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Coot · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose +43

CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
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
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐝

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

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tree and shelter in St James' Park

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