Bowl barrow 390m east of Tuckton Roundabout
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.72824, -1.78478
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Teal +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Teal +52 more · last seen 2026
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▾
89 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
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
Cycleway Bournemouth to FairmileCycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Local cycle route
Photos
Tuckton: waterlogged riverside gardens
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Wildlife to spot
79,785 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
79,785 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds109 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Starling · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan +104
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2025
European Eel
- European EelAnguilla anguilla
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker +13
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Sphaerophoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
79,785 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds109 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Starling · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan +104
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2025
European Eel
- European EelAnguilla anguilla
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker +13
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Sphaerophoria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxGeotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiEvents & activities nearby
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