Broadleaved woodland near West Southbourne
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.72590, -1.80649
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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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 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
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
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
S6 ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route
Woodland WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN25 (AlternateCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCN25Regional cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
28,900 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,900 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · House Sparrow · Wren +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Turtles, Terrapins and TortoisesTestudines2025
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata2025
🐝Insects28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Hornet Hoverfly · Cabbage Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +23
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,900 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Magpie · House Sparrow · Wren +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Turtles, Terrapins and TortoisesTestudines2025
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata2025
🐝Insects28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Hornet Hoverfly · Cabbage Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +23
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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