Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome124 ha
Getting here
50.86931, -2.00920
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Stonechat
- ✦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
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Skylark and Stonechat
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Skylark, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush +80 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CRICHEL HOUSE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Skylark, Stonechat, Mistle Thrush +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Swartz's Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, Beech Feather-moss +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walk at Badbury Rings and The Oaks, Kingston LacyWalking route6.1 km▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named routeLength 6.1 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Witchampton Millbridleway · 126 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 126 mPath type: residential
Witchampton Millbridleway · 31 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 31 mPath type: residential
Witchampton Millbridleway · 397 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 397 mPath type: residential
Witchampton Millbridleway · 12 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 12 mPath type: residential
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
7,641 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,641 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Wren · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Chaffinch +39
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Splayed Deerfly · Black Oil-beetle · Glow-worm
- Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Swartz's Feather-moss · Hogweed · Hedera helix · Elder · Fountain Feather-moss +90
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Fountain Feather-mossHygroamblystegium tenax
- Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata
- Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,641 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Wren · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Chaffinch +39
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Splayed Deerfly · Black Oil-beetle · Glow-worm
- Splayed DeerflyChrysops caecutiens
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Swartz's Feather-moss · Hogweed · Hedera helix · Elder · Fountain Feather-moss +90
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Fountain Feather-mossHygroamblystegium tenax
- Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata
- Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
