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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
50.73857, -1.91975
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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 Peregrine and Robin
- 🛝Playground 180m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Robin
- 🛝Playground 180m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Robin, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Robin, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Rose Chafer +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Juniper Haircap · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
132 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Turbary LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
S6 ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
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Alder Hills, The Dorset Knob
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Wildlife to spot
29,406 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Darter · Field Grasshopper +17
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Springy Turf-moss · Annual Wall-rocket
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Darter · Field Grasshopper +17
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Springy Turf-moss · Annual Wall-rocket
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas