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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 62 ha
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51.07134, -2.12193
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blue Tit, Pheasant +44 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Tawny Owl, Blue Tit, Pheasant +44 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large Yellow Underwing +208 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large Yellow Underwing +208 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +76 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Dilated Scalewort +76 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Hemp-nettle, Great Scented Liverwort, Blackthorn +2 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Wessex Ridgeway Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WR Regional walking route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire Cycleway Cycling route 155 km ▾
Named route Ref WC Length 155 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map National Byway (Tisbury Loop) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Listed length 207km
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Wildlife to spot
8,131 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,131 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
winter autumn
2024 ▾
Blue Tit · Common Sandpiper · Pheasant · Tufted Duck · Rook +31
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Coal Tit Periparus ater Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Coot Fulica atra Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goosander Mergus merganser2022 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2022 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Magpie Pica pica2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2021 Gadwall Mareca strepera2021 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2020 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 🦌 Mammals 13 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Rabbit +8
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Badger Meles meles Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2022 ▾
Common Toad
Black Oil-beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ashy Mining Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Southern Hawker +36
Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus2022 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2020 Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria2020 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2020 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2023 Grey-patched Mining Bee Japanese Knotweed · Field Bindweed · Wild Carrot · Dewberry · Slender St John's-wort +10
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2020 Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Wild Carrot Daucus carota Dewberry Rubus caesius Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum2021 Brown Bent Agrostis vinealis2021 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,131 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
winter autumn
2024 ▾
Blue Tit · Common Sandpiper · Pheasant · Tufted Duck · Rook +31
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Coal Tit Periparus ater Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Coot Fulica atra Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goosander Mergus merganser2022 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2022 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Magpie Pica pica2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2021 Gadwall Mareca strepera2021 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2020 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 🦌 Mammals 13 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Roe Deer · Badger · Brown Hare · Red Fox · Rabbit +8
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Badger Meles meles Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2022 ▾
Common Toad
Black Oil-beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ashy Mining Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Southern Hawker +36
Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus2022 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2020 Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria2020 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2020 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2023 Grey-patched Mining Bee Japanese Knotweed · Field Bindweed · Wild Carrot · Dewberry · Slender St John's-wort +10
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2020 Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Wild Carrot Daucus carota Dewberry Rubus caesius Slender St John's-wort Hypericum pulchrum2021 Brown Bent Agrostis vinealis2021 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Otter
Otter
Lutra lutra2022
Lutra lutra2022
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024
Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024
Stoat Mustela erminea2023
Stoat Mustela erminea2023
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2020
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2020
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2020
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2020
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2020
Field Vole Microtus agrestis2020 Andrena nitida2020
Andrena nitida2020
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2022
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2022
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2020
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2020
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana2020
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana2020
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor2020
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor2020
Flavous Nomad Bee Nomada flava2020
Flavous Nomad Bee Nomada flava2020
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Sheppard's Nomad Bee Nomada sheppardana2020
Sheppard's Nomad Bee Nomada sheppardana2020
Lathbury's Nomad Bee Nomada lathburiana2020
Lathbury's Nomad Bee Nomada lathburiana2020
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2020
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2020
Smooth-gastered Furrow Bee Lasioglossum parvulum2020
Smooth-gastered Furrow Bee Lasioglossum parvulum2020
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2020
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2020
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes2020
Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes2020
Stilbus testaceus Stilbus testaceus
Stilbus testaceus Stilbus testaceus
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Sericoderus brevicornis Sericoderus brevicornis
Sericoderus brevicornis Sericoderus brevicornis
Otiorhynchus porcatus Otiorhynchus porcatus
Otiorhynchus porcatus Otiorhynchus porcatus
Tachypeza nubila Tachypeza nubila2024
Tachypeza nubila Tachypeza nubila2024
Mycetophagus atomarius Mycetophagus atomarius2024
Mycetophagus atomarius Mycetophagus atomarius2024
Coccidula rufa Coccidula rufa2021
Coccidula rufa Coccidula rufa2021
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) ryei Drymus (Sylvadrymus) ryei2021
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) ryei Drymus (Sylvadrymus) ryei2021
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2020
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2020
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2020
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2020
Bare-saddled Blood Bee Sphecodes ephippius2020
Bare-saddled Blood Bee Sphecodes ephippius2020
Red-tailed Mason Bee Osmia bicolor2020
Red-tailed Mason Bee Osmia bicolor2020
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica2020
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica2020
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2020
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2020
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2020
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2020
Dusky Ant Formica fusca2020
Dusky Ant Formica fusca2020
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2020
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2020
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva2020
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva2020 Goldenrod
Goldenrod
Solidago virgaurea2021
Solidago virgaurea2021
Western Gorse Ulex gallii2021
Western Gorse Ulex gallii2021
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa2021
Wavy Hair-Grass Avenella flexuosa2021
Orpine Hylotelephium telephium2021
Orpine Hylotelephium telephium2021
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2020
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2020
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2020
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2020
Common Hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit2020
Common Hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit2020
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2020
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica2020
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2020
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2020 