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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.19865, -1.03832
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾The Egg Shed on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾The Egg Shed on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Great Tit +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Common Pipistrelle, Grey Squirrel, Badger +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Brimstone +29 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ox Drove WayWalking route▾
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2: Odiham circularRegional cycle route
AltonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 23Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route586 m▾
Named routeRef 224Length 586 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alton Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cliddesden Duck Pond (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 2: Cliddesden Duck Pond
Ellisfield Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,700 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,700 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Red-legged Partridge · Linnet +31
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
🦌Mammals15 species
springautumn
2025▾
Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog +10
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Indet. Deer
Small White · Large White · Brimstone · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +23
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,700 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Red-legged Partridge · Linnet +31
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
🦌Mammals15 species
springautumn
2025▾
Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog +10
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2020
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Indet. Deer
Small White · Large White · Brimstone · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +23
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018
- PeacockAglais io
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cervidae2023
Cervidae2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020Fallow DeerDama dama2020Fallow DeerDama dama2020MoleTalpa europaea2019MoleTalpa europaea2019Brown HareLepus europaeus2015Brown HareLepus europaeus2015Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2014Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2014Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2014Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2014Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2014Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2014NoctuleNyctalus noctula2014NoctuleNyctalus noctula2014Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2014Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus20142019
2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2021Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2021Ctenophora flaveolataCtenophora flaveolata2021Ctenophora flaveolataCtenophora flaveolata2021Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2018White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2018Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018Purple EmperorApatura iris2017Purple EmperorApatura iris2017Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2016Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015Painted LadyVanessa cardui2015Painted LadyVanessa cardui2015