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Portland open fields

13 ha

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

50.52370, -2.44861

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CampsiteParking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Kestrel, Goldfinch +44 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Kestrel, Goldfinch +44 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Trioza centranthi · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Trioza centranthi · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

South West Coast Path (Section 49: Isle of Portland Circuit)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Portland to LulworthWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 26Cycling route

Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route321 m

Named routeRef 26Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 26Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route51 m

Named routeRef 26Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

127,590 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

127,590 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

autumn

2026

Goldfinch · Herring Gull · Kestrel · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon +86

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
RazorbillAlca torda2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WryneckJynx torquilla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Little OwlAthene noctua
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SerinSerinus serinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala2025
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Wall Lizard

Wall LizardPodarcis muralis

🐝

Insects5 species

springautumn

2026

Eristalis tenax · Trioza centranthi · Harlequin Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug · Kidney-spot Ladybird

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

127,590 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

autumn

2026

Goldfinch · Herring Gull · Kestrel · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon +86

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MagpiePica pica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major
RazorbillAlca torda2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WryneckJynx torquilla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Little OwlAthene noctua
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SerinSerinus serinus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala2025
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Wall Lizard

Wall LizardPodarcis muralis

🐝

Insects5 species

springautumn

2026

Eristalis tenax · Trioza centranthi · Harlequin Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug · Kidney-spot Ladybird

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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