Parr's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦅Birds🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.74593, -1.95512
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
- 🌿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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking 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
170 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
Poole to FerndownCycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
41,791 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,791 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Great Crested Grebe +38
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Yellow-bellied Slider · Slow-worm
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Common Darter · Meliscaeva auricollis +18
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Eupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,791 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Great Crested Grebe +38
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Yellow-bellied Slider · Slow-worm
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Common Darter · Meliscaeva auricollis +18
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Eupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes
Eupeodes
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansDock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalarePlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaHelina evectaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025