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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome63 ha
Getting here
51.23935, -1.29050
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl; Birds — Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +242 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +242 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Watership Down TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 1: Watership Down
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Wildlife to spot
13,380 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,380 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Gadwall +27
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- TealAnas crecca2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Brown Hare +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Slow-worm
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Chaetopteryx villosa +7
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,380 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mute Swan · Greylag Goose · Grey Heron · Gadwall +27
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- TealAnas crecca2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Brown Hare +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Slow-worm
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Chaetopteryx villosa +7
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Pine MartenMartes martes2024Pine MartenMartes martes2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra2022Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis2024
Harmonia axyridis2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Grey-backed Mining BeeAndrena vaga2024Grey-backed Mining BeeAndrena vaga2024HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2022Events & activities nearby
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