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St Leonards Chapel (remains of)

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📷 Michael FORD · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Curlew
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Curlew
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher +97 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Curlew, Oystercatcher +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km

Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

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

Named routeRef E9International walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to GosportWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Lepe Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Lepe Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

17,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds106 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Oystercatcher · Redshank · Canada Goose +101

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
TealAnas crecca
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BuzzardButeo buteo
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RavenCorvus corax
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
Common GullLarus canus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MagpiePica pica
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Common TernSterna hirundo
SwiftApus apus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023

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Mammals2 species

wintersummer

2024

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2025

Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Small Heath · Speckled Wood +31

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2023
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Leopoldius calceatusLeopoldius calceatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata2024
Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2024
Sea Aster BeeColletes halophilus2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2023
Lesser CockroachCapraiellus panzeri2023
Dune VillaVilla modesta2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds106 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Black-headed Gull · Curlew · Oystercatcher · Redshank · Canada Goose +101

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RedshankTringa totanus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
TealAnas crecca
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
CootFulica atra
Great TitParus major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BuzzardButeo buteo
House MartinDelichon urbicum
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RavenCorvus corax
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
Common GullLarus canus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MagpiePica pica
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Common TernSterna hirundo
SwiftApus apus
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
SanderlingCalidris alba2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummer

2024

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2025

Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Small White · Small Heath · Speckled Wood +31

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2023
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Leopoldius calceatusLeopoldius calceatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata2024
Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2024
Sea Aster BeeColletes halophilus2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes2023
Lesser CockroachCapraiellus panzeri2023
Dune VillaVilla modesta2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael FORD · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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