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🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
50.72084, -2.17085
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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 310m away — 4 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 310m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purbeck WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wareham Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Frome Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wareham/PooleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
Lawrence RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Castle RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Priory RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sika TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
14 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
6,983 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,983 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Crossbill · Carrion Crow · Goldcrest · Robin · Linnet +35
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WryneckJynx torquilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Adder
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Minotaur Beetle · Heather Ladybird · Banded Pine Weevil · Clay-coloured Weevil · Tapinoma subboreale
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus
- Banded Pine WeevilPissodes castaneus
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Tapinoma subborealeTapinoma subboreale
Marsh Clubmoss · Water Mint · Sharp-flowered Rush · Hoary Willowherb · Tormentil +75
- Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,983 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Crossbill · Carrion Crow · Goldcrest · Robin · Linnet +35
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WryneckJynx torquilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Adder
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Minotaur Beetle · Heather Ladybird · Banded Pine Weevil · Clay-coloured Weevil · Tapinoma subboreale
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus
- Banded Pine WeevilPissodes castaneus
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Tapinoma subborealeTapinoma subboreale
Marsh Clubmoss · Water Mint · Sharp-flowered Rush · Hoary Willowherb · Tormentil +75
- Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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