Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.85678, -2.31517
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blackbird
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Blue Tit +53 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +36 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Ivy, Cow Parsley +17 more · last seen 2018
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
North Dorset TrailwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 25Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
Photos
Misty day on Woolland Hill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,823 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,823 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Goldfinch · Whitethroat · Raven · Willow Warbler +3
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🌿Plants130 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Bramble · Hogweed · Cock's-foot · Creeping Thistle +125
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,823 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Goldfinch · Whitethroat · Raven · Willow Warbler +3
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
🌿Plants130 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Bramble · Hogweed · Cock's-foot · Creeping Thistle +125
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas