Plan your visit
🛝 Family🎠 Play🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › South West › Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Getting here
50.72073, -1.84713
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Nature reserve — public outdoor space
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley Path Walking route 55 km ▾
Named route Ref AVP Length 55 km Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Way Walking route 100 km ▾
Named route Ref SVW Length 100 km Regional walking route
Show on map Poole Coast Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bourne Valley Greenway walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BVG Local walking route
Show on map Boscombe Arts Trail. Walking route ▾
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 2 Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map S6 Proposed Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S6 p Local cycle route
Show on map Parkstone Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Local cycle route
Show on map Woodland Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN25 (Alternate Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN25 Regional cycle route
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About this nature reserve Boscombe Chine is a 4-hectare Local Nature Reserve located in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England. The area encompasses a chine with habitats for coastal plants and birds, providing visitors opportunities for nature walks and seaside views.
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Wildlife to spot
13,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,219 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jay +29
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Bat Chiroptera Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Cabbage Bug · Hoverfly · Nimbus contaminatus +10
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 Hoverfly Syrphidae Nimbus contaminatus Nimbus contaminatus2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,219 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jay +29
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Bat Chiroptera Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Cabbage Bug · Hoverfly · Nimbus contaminatus +10
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025 Hoverfly Syrphidae Nimbus contaminatus Nimbus contaminatus2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2025
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2025
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata2025
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus2025
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025 