Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.86731, -2.43884
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +50 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +50 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Dogs allowed — public woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +26 more · last seen 2024
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,671 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,671 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
winterspringautumn
2025Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2019
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Otter
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2020Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood
+24 more speciesHide species list
All 29 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- PeacockAglais io2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,671 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
winterspringautumn
2025Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2019
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Otter
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2020Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood
+24 more speciesHide species list
All 29 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- PeacockAglais io2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lutra lutra2022
Lutra lutra2022
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2018BatChiroptera2018BatChiroptera2018Red AdmiralVanessa atalantaRed AdmiralVanessa atalantaSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphiaSilver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphiaCommon BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaMarbled WhiteMelanargia galatheaPainted LadyVanessa cardui2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Purple HairstreakFavonius quercusPurple HairstreakFavonius quercusHolly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Clouded YellowColias croceus2018Clouded YellowColias croceus2018Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2022Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2022Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2022Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2022Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2019Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2019Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2018Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2018Events & activities nearby
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