Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🛝Family
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.75121, -1.68754
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Purple Sandpiper and Swift
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bramble Hill Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Purple Sandpiper and Swift
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bramble Hill Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Purple Sandpiper, Swift, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Purple Sandpiper, Swift, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Allotments
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Lily Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Montbretia, Heath Lobelia +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West LaneWalking route▾
Named routeRef br-710
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
Two Bays WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bournemouth Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Christchurch Bay WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
C14Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
C13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef c13Local cycle route
Mude Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef MVG 3Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route571 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 571 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,016 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,016 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Green Woodpecker · Wren +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bat · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Barbastelle +1
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Orange Ladybird +19
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Heath Lobelia
- Heath LobeliaLobelia urens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,016 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Green Woodpecker · Wren +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bat · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Barbastelle +1
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Speckled Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Orange Ladybird +19
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Heath Lobelia
- Heath LobeliaLobelia urens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Cordulegaster boltonii
Cordulegaster boltonii
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaBroad CenturionChloromyia formosaPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMinettia inustaMinettia inustaMinettia inustaMinettia inustaSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensSyritta pipiensRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiRhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahiEumerusEumerusEumerusEumerusPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusCampyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEvents & activities nearby
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