Hurn Forest - Grassland
5 ha
🦅Birds🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
50.78799, -1.82834
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional 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
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bournemouth to ParleyCycling route▾
Named routeRef c2Local cycle route
University to AlderneyCycling route▾
Named routeRef C8Local cycle route
Poole to Ferndown Proposed CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef S5-pLocal cycle route
Bournemouth to Tricketts CrossCycling route▾
Named routeRef C2Local cycle route
Ferndown Schools Cycle&Walking RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Leigh Road Wimborne RoadCycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
22,229 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,229 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Coal Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +31
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Sand Lizard · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Gatekeeper · Silver-studded Blue · Speckled Wood · Large White · Meadow Brown +43
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,229 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Coal Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +31
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great TitParus major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Sand Lizard · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Gatekeeper · Silver-studded Blue · Speckled Wood · Large White · Meadow Brown +43
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusWood Tiger BeetleCicindela sylvatica2025Wood Tiger BeetleCicindela sylvatica2025Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLeucophoraLeucophora2025LeucophoraLeucophora2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Platynaspis luteorubraPlatynaspis luteorubra2025Platynaspis luteorubraPlatynaspis luteorubra2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Reptalus quinquecostatusReptalus quinquecostatus2025Reptalus quinquecostatusReptalus quinquecostatus2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Heath GrasshopperChorthippus vagans2025Heath GrasshopperChorthippus vagans2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Cryptocephalus biguttatusCryptocephalus biguttatus2025Cryptocephalus biguttatusCryptocephalus biguttatus2025Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2025Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera2025Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata2025Ulopa reticulataUlopa reticulata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025Trioza remotaTrioza remota2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2025Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Callomyia amoenaCallomyia amoena2024Callomyia amoenaCallomyia amoena2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Events & activities nearby
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