Horseshoe Common - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.73463, -1.87172
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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
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
Boscombe Arts Trail.Walking route▾
90 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
Turbary LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
S6 ProposedCycling route▾
Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
Woodland WalkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
23,670 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,670 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Mallard +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Muntjac · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BatChiroptera
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Slow-worm
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects46 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Stag Beetle · Eyed Ladybird +41
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,670 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird · Mallard +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Muntjac · Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BatChiroptera
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wall Lizard · Slow-worm
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects46 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Stag Beetle · Eyed Ladybird +41
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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