Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.92495, -2.02640
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Green-veined White +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shire RackWalking route▾
Path following the Dorset-Wiltshire border
Named route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,093 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,093 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Goldfinch · Blackbird +26
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Common Blue · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +10
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,093 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Goldfinch · Blackbird +26
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Common Blue · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +10
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brimstone
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni2024
Gonepteryx rhamni2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumHolly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Events & activities nearby
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