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Places › England › South East › Basingstoke and Deane Getting here
51.33803, -1.34734
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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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pachyphiale carneola, Sporodophoron cretaceum, Cresponea premnea +18 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Pachyphiale carneola, Sporodophoron cretaceum, Cresponea premnea +18 more · last seen 2015
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +63 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Lowland meadows — wild flowers, berries and seasonal plants
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wayfarers Walk Walking route ▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Brenda Parker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Watership Down Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Family Amble, NW Hants Walking route 3.1 km ▾
Named route Length 3.1 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Outward Hound, NW Hants Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref 1: Watership Down
Show on map Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Cycling Discoveries in North Hampshire Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Basingstoke and Deane : Highclere Park Etruscan Temple
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Wildlife to spot
1,924 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,924 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Pheasant · Robin · Blue Tit +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Raven Corvus corax2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Magpie Pica pica2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2022 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Wood Mouse · Otter · Brown Hare +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Badger Meles meles Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Otter Lutra lutra2022 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2021 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare · 16-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly +16
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2022 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,924 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Pheasant · Robin · Blue Tit +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Raven Corvus corax2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Magpie Pica pica2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2022 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Wood Mouse · Otter · Brown Hare +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Badger Meles meles Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Otter Lutra lutra2022 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2021 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird · Melanostoma scalare · 16-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly +16
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2022 Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Indet. Deer
Indet. Deer
Cervidae2022
Cervidae2022
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2020
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2020 Violet Ground Beetle
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus2023
Carabus violaceus2023
Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium2023
Egyptian Grasshopper Anacridium aegyptium2023
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2022
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2022
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2022
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2022
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2022
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2022
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2022
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2022
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae2022
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae2022
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2021
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2021
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2021
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2021
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2021
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2021
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2021
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2021
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2021
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis2021
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2020
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020