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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
50.79320, -2.70565
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Redstart and Wigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Redstart and Wigeon
- ✦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 — Black Redstart, Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull +66 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: MAPPERTON MANOR HOUSE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Black Redstart, Wigeon, Mediterranean Gull +66 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown +113 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Butter Waxcap, Meadow Waxcap, Slimy Waxcap +19 more · last seen 2024
Varies
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
W21/45public footpath · 363 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 363 mPath type: footway
W21/44public footpath · 860 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 860 mSurface grassPath type: footway
W21/44public footpath · 434 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 434 mSurface grassPath type: footway
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route106 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 106 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route493 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 493 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
W21/52bridleway · 449 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 449 mPath type: track
W21/48bridleway · 5 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mSurface grassPath type: track
W21/48bridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmSurface grassPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,207 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,207 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Black Redstart · Mediterranean Gull · Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +34
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- RuffCalidris pugnax2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Polecat · Hazel Dormouse · Common Dolphin · Mole · Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- PolecatMustela putorius
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Corizus hyoscyami · Iris Weevil · Carabus problematicus · Black Oil-beetle · Alder Leaf Beetle +2
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Butter Waxcap · Meadow Waxcap · Slimy Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap · Scarlet Waxcap +3
- Butter WaxcapHygrocybe ceracea
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- Slimy WaxcapGliophorus irrigatus
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
- Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
- Snowy Waxcap
Neat Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Smoothcap · Thin-spiked Wood-sedge +62
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025
- Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2025
- Great Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,207 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Black Redstart · Mediterranean Gull · Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +34
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- RuffCalidris pugnax2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Polecat · Hazel Dormouse · Common Dolphin · Mole · Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- PolecatMustela putorius
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Corizus hyoscyami · Iris Weevil · Carabus problematicus · Black Oil-beetle · Alder Leaf Beetle +2
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Butter Waxcap · Meadow Waxcap · Slimy Waxcap · Parrot Waxcap · Scarlet Waxcap +3
- Butter WaxcapHygrocybe ceracea
- Meadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis
- Slimy WaxcapGliophorus irrigatus
- Parrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinus
- Scarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccinea
- Meadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculata
- Snowy Waxcap
Neat Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Smoothcap · Thin-spiked Wood-sedge +62
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2025
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025
- Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2025
- Great Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
Cuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus
Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conicaBlackening WaxcapHygrocybe conicaEquisetum telmateia2025
Equisetum telmateia2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2025Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2025Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2025Rosy GarlicAllium roseum2025Rosy GarlicAllium roseum2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Remote SedgeCarex remota2025Remote SedgeCarex remota2025DandelionTaraxacum2025DandelionTaraxacum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2025Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025Red CurrantRibes rubrum2025Red CurrantRibes rubrum2025Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica2025Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2025Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2025Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2025Red OakQuercus rubra2025Red OakQuercus rubra2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025European LarchLarix decidua2025European LarchLarix decidua2025BoxBuxus sempervirens2025BoxBuxus sempervirens2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025PignutConopodium majus2025PignutConopodium majus2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2025MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025