Bournemouth Society of the New Church
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.72838, -1.79653
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Immaculate Coffee House — 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Immaculate Coffee House — 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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Magpie, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +61 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Ribwort Plantain, Yarrow +59 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Ribwort Plantain, Yarrow +59 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Rough Hawkbit +8 more foraging species
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
Two Bays WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Boscombe Arts Trail.Walking route▾
91 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
S6 ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route
Woodland WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,345 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,345 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Magpie · Robin · Herring Gull +47
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises · Green Lizard · Common Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Turtles, Terrapins and TortoisesTestudines2025
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata2025
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Polydrusus formosus +22
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,345 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Magpie · Robin · Herring Gull +47
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises · Green Lizard · Common Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Turtles, Terrapins and TortoisesTestudines2025
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata2025
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Polydrusus formosus +22
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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