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Witts Hill Allotment

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50.92289, -1.36537

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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
🐕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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

3 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Robin +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird, Rhyparochromus vulgaris +16 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird, Rhyparochromus vulgaris +16 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Solent WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route

The Chestnut TrailWalking route

Named route

Forest TrailWalking route

Named route

St James' WayWalking route110 km

Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

140 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Southampton Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef S1Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef S5Local cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef S7Local cycle route

National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef S6Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

32,280 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,280 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SwiftApus apus2025

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Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2025

Bullhead

BullheadCottus perifretum

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2026

Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +14

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
SylvicolaSylvicola
Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025
CalviaCalvia2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Synophropsis lauriSynophropsis lauri2025
Ylodes conspersusYlodes conspersus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,280 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow +67

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SwiftApus apus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Common Pipistrelle

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2025

Bullhead

BullheadCottus perifretum

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2026

Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhyparochromus vulgaris · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +14

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rhyparochromus vulgarisRhyparochromus vulgaris
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
SylvicolaSylvicola
Psychoda sigmaPsychoda sigma2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025
CalviaCalvia2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Synophropsis lauriSynophropsis lauri2025
Ylodes conspersusYlodes conspersus2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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