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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.72673, -1.93239
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Herring Gull +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swift, Blackbird, Herring Gull +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Small White, Meadow Brown +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
South West Coast Path (Section 52: Worth Matravers to South Haven Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Two Bays WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
167 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Turbary LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Autumn colour in Alexandra Park, Parkstone, Poole
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
18,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Pied Wagtail +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Sand Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Rose Chafer · Speckled Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +39
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cinnamon-fruited Dandelion · Stranvaesia · Annual Wall-rocket · Japanese Spiraea · Selfheal +17
- Cinnamon-fruited DandelionTaraxacum fulvum
- StranvaesiaPhotinia davidiana2024
- Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
- Japanese SpiraeaSpiraea japonica
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
- Bird's-foot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Herring Gull · Pied Wagtail +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm · Sand Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Rose Chafer · Speckled Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +39
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cinnamon-fruited Dandelion · Stranvaesia · Annual Wall-rocket · Japanese Spiraea · Selfheal +17
- Cinnamon-fruited DandelionTaraxacum fulvum
- StranvaesiaPhotinia davidiana2024
- Annual Wall-rocketDiplotaxis muralis
- Japanese SpiraeaSpiraea japonica
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- HydrangeaHydrangea macrophylla
- Bird's-foot
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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