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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.80858, -2.37513
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black Redstart +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: Lyscombe Chapel and west boundary wall
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black Redstart +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +35 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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
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
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,197 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,197 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mediterranean Gull · Ruff · Black Redstart +27
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- RuffCalidris pugnax2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PintailAnas acuta
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- CorncrakeCrex crex2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Grey Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +20
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,197 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Mediterranean Gull · Ruff · Black Redstart +27
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- RuffCalidris pugnax2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PintailAnas acuta
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- CorncrakeCrex crex2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Grey Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +20
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
