Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.05442, -2.05365
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Rook
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Rook, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Red Fox, Hedgehog, Harvest Mouse +14 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Scathophaga stercoraria +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadow Crane's-bill, Great Scented Liverwort, Hazel +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Tisbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Approaching the interior of Castle Ditches hillfort
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,527 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,527 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rook · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +23
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Badger · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole +6
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects22 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Polydrusus formosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Scathophaga stercoraria +17
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Hazel · Meadow Crane's-bill · Horse-radish · Perforate St John's-wort · Sainfoin +7
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,527 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Jackdaw · Rook · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +23
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Badger · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Field Vole +6
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects22 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Polydrusus formosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Scathophaga stercoraria +17
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Hazel · Meadow Crane's-bill · Horse-radish · Perforate St John's-wort · Sainfoin +7
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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