The Birches - Woodland plantation
1 ha
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🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.88990, -1.34215
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
136 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
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
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18,707 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
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- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
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- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
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- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
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- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
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- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
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