Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.81535, -2.36949
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Bullfinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Bullfinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Bullfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Bullfinch, Woodpigeon, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
12 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,051 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,051 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Blackbird · Wren · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +19
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Grey Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +20
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Lords-and-Ladies · Bramble · Common Nettle · Foxglove · Ash +65
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,051 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Blackbird · Wren · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +19
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Grey Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +20
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Lords-and-Ladies · Bramble · Common Nettle · Foxglove · Ash +65
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
