Parr's Plantation - Conifer woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.75300, -1.97238
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
- 🛝Playground 289m away — 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
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 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Walk at Eye Bridge and Pamphill, Kingston LacyWalking route5.4 km▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named routeLength 5.4 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking 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
186 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - ACycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-aLocal cycle route
Canford Heath Quiet CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
University to AlderneyCycling route▾
Named routeRef C8Local cycle route
Bourne Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Bourne Valley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Francis Avenue to BroadstoneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
33,928 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,928 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Green Woodpecker · Grey Heron +15
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Red Fox
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Melanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,928 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Green Woodpecker · Grey Heron +15
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Red Fox
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Epistrophe eligans +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Melanostoma scalare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare
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