Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.77807, -1.63589
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 152m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 152m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Keeled Skimmer, Large Marsh Grasshopper, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Christchurch Bay WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northover Lanepublic footpath · 207 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 207 mPath type: unclassified
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 256Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 256National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest On Road Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Brokenhurst station linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route132 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 132 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lymington Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Brockenhurst Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
44,263 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
44,263 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Keeled Skimmer · Large Marsh Grasshopper · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Large Marsh GrasshopperStethophyma grossum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,263 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie +50
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Keeled Skimmer · Large Marsh Grasshopper · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Large Marsh GrasshopperStethophyma grossum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
