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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Argyll Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
☕Argyll Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· PaidPlaygroundToilets

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Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Torth Felen, Snowy Waxcap, Amanita'r Gwybed +132 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Torth Felen, Snowy Waxcap, Amanita'r Gwybed +132 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Tawny Funnel, Wood Blewits, Scarlet Caterpillarclub +20 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hazel, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Nipplewort +18 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Hazel, Hemlock Water-dropwort, Nipplewort +18 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route

Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route

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Cycling

102 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

Wildlife to spot

9,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Grey Wagtail +19

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Tree Snipefly

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Tree SnipeflyChrysopilus laetus

🍄

Fungi85 species

autumn

2025

Snowy Waxcap · Torth Felen · Ochre Brittlegill · Primrose Brittlegill · Amanita'r Gwybed +80

Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Primrose BrittlegillRussula sardonia
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
Red Cracking BoleteXerocomellus chrysenteron
Wood CauliflowerSparassis crispa
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Saffron MilkcapLactarius deliciosus
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Golden SpindlesClavulinopsis fusiformis
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
White FibrecapInocybe geophylla
Trooping FunnelInfundibulicybe geotropa
Golden WaxcapHygrocybe chlorophana
Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
DeathcapAmanita phalloides
Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans
Amanita citrinaAmanita citrina
White SaddleHelvella crispa
Cedarwood WaxcapCuphophyllus russocoriaceus
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
Collared EarthstarGeastrum michelianum
Ugly MilkcapLactarius turpis
Tawny FunnelParalepista flaccida
DeceiverLaccaria laccata
Lurid BoleteSuillellus luridus
Sinuous ChanterelleCraterellus sinuosus
Penny BunBoletus edulis
False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Grey CoralClavulina cinerea
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum
GrisetteAmanita vaginata
Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa
Marchfilwr MyglydMelanoleuca exscissa
Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
Grooved CavalierMelanoleuca grammopodia
Lilac FibrecapInocybe lilacina
Pestle PuffballLycoperdon excipuliforme
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Hairy EarthtongueTrichoglossum hirsutum
Wrinkled ClubClavulina rugosa
Crimson WaxcapHygrocybe punicea
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
Scarlet CaterpillarclubCordyceps militaris
Stinky KnightTricholoma sulphureum
Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Bay BoleteImleria badia
Lilac BonnetMycena pura
White KnightTricholoma album
Amanita excelsaAmanita excelsa
Birch MilkcapLactarius tabidus
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Hare's EarOtidea onotica
Mosaic PuffballLycoperdon utriforme
Field BlewitsLepista saeva
Russula graveolensRussula graveolens
Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
Pale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinis
White SpindlesClavaria fragilis
Small StagshornCalocera cornea
Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes
Glutinous EarthtongueGlutinoglossum glutinosum s. lat.
Elastic SaddleHelvella elastica
Artist's BracketGanoderma applanatum
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus
Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
SickenerRussula emetica
Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum
Slippery JackSuillus luteus
Crazed CapDermoloma cuneifolium
Giant FunnelAspropaxillus giganteus
Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera
Bolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermus
Inkstain BoleteCyanoboletus pulverulentus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Grey Wagtail +19

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel

Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Tree Snipefly

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Tree SnipeflyChrysopilus laetus

🍄

Fungi85 species

autumn

2025

Snowy Waxcap · Torth Felen · Ochre Brittlegill · Primrose Brittlegill · Amanita'r Gwybed +80

Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Primrose BrittlegillRussula sardonia
Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
Red Cracking BoleteXerocomellus chrysenteron
Wood CauliflowerSparassis crispa
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
Saffron MilkcapLactarius deliciosus
Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Golden SpindlesClavulinopsis fusiformis
Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
White FibrecapInocybe geophylla
Trooping FunnelInfundibulicybe geotropa
Golden WaxcapHygrocybe chlorophana
Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
DeathcapAmanita phalloides
Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans
Amanita citrinaAmanita citrina
White SaddleHelvella crispa
Cedarwood WaxcapCuphophyllus russocoriaceus
Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
Collared EarthstarGeastrum michelianum
Ugly MilkcapLactarius turpis
Tawny FunnelParalepista flaccida
DeceiverLaccaria laccata
Lurid BoleteSuillellus luridus
Sinuous ChanterelleCraterellus sinuosus
Penny BunBoletus edulis
False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Grey CoralClavulina cinerea
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Purplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinum
GrisetteAmanita vaginata
Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa
Marchfilwr MyglydMelanoleuca exscissa
Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
Grooved CavalierMelanoleuca grammopodia
Lilac FibrecapInocybe lilacina
Pestle PuffballLycoperdon excipuliforme
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Hairy EarthtongueTrichoglossum hirsutum
Wrinkled ClubClavulina rugosa
Crimson WaxcapHygrocybe punicea
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
Scarlet CaterpillarclubCordyceps militaris
Stinky KnightTricholoma sulphureum
Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata
Bay BoleteImleria badia
Lilac BonnetMycena pura
White KnightTricholoma album
Amanita excelsaAmanita excelsa
Birch MilkcapLactarius tabidus
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Hare's EarOtidea onotica
Mosaic PuffballLycoperdon utriforme
Field BlewitsLepista saeva
Russula graveolensRussula graveolens
Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
Pale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinis
White SpindlesClavaria fragilis
Small StagshornCalocera cornea
Rufous MilkcapLactarius rufus
Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes
Glutinous EarthtongueGlutinoglossum glutinosum s. lat.
Elastic SaddleHelvella elastica
Artist's BracketGanoderma applanatum
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus
Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
SickenerRussula emetica
Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum
Slippery JackSuillus luteus
Crazed CapDermoloma cuneifolium
Giant FunnelAspropaxillus giganteus
Ambarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota procera
Bolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermus
Inkstain BoleteCyanoboletus pulverulentus

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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