Creekmoor Ponds Nature Reserve
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.74441, -2.00433
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 94m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 94m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mute Swan, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mute Swan, Mallard +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 25
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Cordite WayWalking route▾
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
Wareham Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
126 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Parkstone QuietwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Local cycle route
Bearwood RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef C8Local cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Roman Roadbridleway · 24 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 24 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
132,024 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
132,024 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit +19
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Platycheirus albimanus +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Epistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
132,024 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Robin · Mallard · Great Tit +19
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
Yellow-bellied Slider
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Platycheirus albimanus +15
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Epistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusParasyrphus punctulatusCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEvents & activities nearby
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