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📷 Chris Downer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Blue Tit
🌿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

🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Blue Tit
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Hogweed, Bramble +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Raven, Blue Tit, Linnet +25 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Blue Tit, Linnet +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Thistle, White Clover +94 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Thistle, White Clover +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Raven, Blue Tit, Linnet +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Large White, Speckled Wood +9 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Gatekeeper, Large White, Speckled Wood +9 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wessex RidgewayWalking route

Named routeRef WRRegional walking route

Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route

Named routeListed length 207km

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

3,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winterautumn

2025

Raven · Blue Tit · Linnet · Goldfinch · Wren +23

RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Great TitParus major2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2024

Gatekeeper · Large White · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +7

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Small WhitePieris rapae
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023
CommaPolygonia c-album2023

🌿

Plants97 species

autumn

2025

Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · White Clover · Hogweed · Creeping Bent +92

Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
White CloverTrifolium repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
DandelionTaraxacum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
CleaversGalium aparine
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
Quaking-grassBriza media2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
BetonyBetonica officinalis2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Downy OatAvenula pubescens2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,065 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds28 species

winterautumn

2025

Raven · Blue Tit · Linnet · Goldfinch · Wren +23

RavenCorvus corax
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Great TitParus major2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2024

Gatekeeper · Large White · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +7

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Small WhitePieris rapae
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023
CommaPolygonia c-album2023

🌿

Plants97 species

autumn

2025

Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · White Clover · Hogweed · Creeping Bent +92

Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
White CloverTrifolium repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
DandelionTaraxacum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
CleaversGalium aparine
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina
ToothwortLathraea squamaria
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Herb-ParisParis quadrifolia
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
Quaking-grassBriza media2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
BetonyBetonica officinalis2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024
Downy OatAvenula pubescens2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Downer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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