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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Getting here
50.73498, -1.83278
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 ☕ Kings Park Athletic Centre — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Kings Park Athletic Centre — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +73 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly, Harlequin Ladybird +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hazel, Flowering Currant, Red Dead-nettle +2 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley Path Walking route 55 km ▾
Named route Ref AVP Length 55 km Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Way Walking route 100 km ▾
Named route Ref SVW Length 100 km Regional walking route
Show on map Poole Coast Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bourne Valley Greenway walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BVG Local walking route
Show on map Boscombe Arts Trail. Walking route ▾
94 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 2 Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map S6 Proposed Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S6 p Local cycle route
Show on map Woodland Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN25 (Alternate Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN25 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Bournemouth : Boscombe - King's Park
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Wildlife to spot
30,391 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 30,391 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jay +38
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Bat Chiroptera Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises Testudines2025 Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoverfly · Nimbus contaminatus · Fever Fly · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +5
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Hoverfly Syrphidae Nimbus contaminatus Nimbus contaminatus2025 Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2025 Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 30,391 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jay +38
Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Bat Chiroptera Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises Testudines2025 Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoverfly · Nimbus contaminatus · Fever Fly · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +5
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Hoverfly Syrphidae Nimbus contaminatus Nimbus contaminatus2025 Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2025 Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Sitaris muralis Sitaris muralis2025
Sitaris muralis Sitaris muralis2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025 