🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
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Places › England › South East › Isle of Wight Getting here
50.75779, -1.28595
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Artisan — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Artisan — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Large Red Damselfly, Field Grasshopper +53 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Large Red Damselfly, Field Grasshopper +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Isle of Wight Coastal Path Walking route 113 km ▾
Named route Length 113 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map 41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cowes (Route 4) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Stag Lane to Noke Common Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cowes (Route 3) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst Forest Mountain bike route ▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Show on map Lepe Off Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos St James, East Cowes: churchyard
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Wildlife to spot
18,209 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,209 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Rock Dove +45
House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Frog Rana temporaria Salamanders, Sirens and Newts Caudata2025 Stag Beetle · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +17
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 10-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,209 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Rock Dove +45
House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Frog Rana temporaria Salamanders, Sirens and Newts Caudata2025 Stag Beetle · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +17
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025 10-spot Ladybird Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata2025
Adalia decempunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2025
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2025
Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni2025
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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