Staunton Country Park
1 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.87607, -0.98638
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 291m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blue Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 291m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +97 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +97 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Gatekeeper, Stag Beetle +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Gatekeeper, Stag Beetle +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country Park
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Staunton WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Havant Footpath 30Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
140 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Havant Borough Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Horndean Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Shipwright's WayMountain bike route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
26,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,528 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Robin +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Xylota sylvarum · Tortoise Bug · Spiked Shieldbug +24
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,528 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Robin +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Xylota sylvarum · Tortoise Bug · Spiked Shieldbug +24
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
- Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequumAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisAmpedus elongatulusAmpedus elongatulusAmpedus elongatulusAmpedus elongatulusXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataPipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubrisPipiza lugubrisBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesPipizaPipizaPipizaPipizaMarsh SnipeflyRhagio tringariusMarsh SnipeflyRhagio tringariusCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosia24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataCriorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumWhite Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipesWhite Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipesMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus