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Waldren Dairy

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Dogs welcome

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50.97629, -1.50462

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Kestrel +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Stonechat, Chiffchaff, Kestrel +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Birch Shieldbug, Peacock +79 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Birch Shieldbug, Peacock +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Test WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Keble WayWalking route

Named route

Turkey Grasspublic footpath · 896 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 896 mSurface gravelIncline 0%Path type: track

Turkey Grasspublic footpath · 614 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 614 mSurface groundIncline 0%Path type: footway

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

Southampton Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef S4Local cycle route

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route567 m

Named routeRef 24Length 567 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Alternative RouteCycling route95 m

Named routeRef 24Length 95 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

13,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summerwinter

2025

Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Kestrel · Blackcap · Little Egret +60

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Common GullLarus canus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JackdawColoeus monedula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
DunnockPrunella modularis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwiftApus apus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat

Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects12 species

summerautumn

2026

Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Polistichus connexus +7

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

summerwinter

2025

Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Kestrel · Blackcap · Little Egret +60

StonechatSaxicola rubicola
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Common GullLarus canus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
JackdawColoeus monedula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
DunnockPrunella modularis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Great TitParus major
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
SwiftApus apus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat

Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🐝

Insects12 species

summerautumn

2026

Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Polistichus connexus +7

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Polistichus connexusPolistichus connexus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Test Way heading north towards Romsey

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