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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South West › Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Getting here
50.74901, -1.72722
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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +46 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Large White +77 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Large White +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wild Angelica, Scaly Male-fern, Bracken +43 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Wild Angelica, Scaly Male-fern, Bracken +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Water Mint, Meadowsweet +4 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Avon Valley Path Walking route 55 km ▾
Named route Ref AVP Length 55 km Regional walking route
Show on map West Lane Walking route ▾
Named route Ref br-710
Show on map Stour Valley Way Walking route 100 km ▾
Named route Ref SVW Length 100 km Regional walking route
Show on map European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great Britain Walking route 711 km ▾
Named route Ref E9 Length 711 km International walking route
Show on map Two Bays Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 76 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 National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to Christchurch Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map New Forest Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Christchurch to Merley - S6 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S6 Local cycle route
Show on map C14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
28,678 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,678 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird +33
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pipistrelle Bat species · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Bat Chiroptera Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Lizard · Wall Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus Beautiful Demoiselle · Eristalis pertinax · Scarce Chaser · Platycheirus albimanus · Meliscaeva auricollis +27
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025 Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025 Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Heath Lobelia · Sphagnaceae
Heath Lobelia Lobelia urens Sphagnaceae Sphagnaceae Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,678 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird +33
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pipistrelle Bat species · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus Bat Chiroptera Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Lizard · Wall Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus Beautiful Demoiselle · Eristalis pertinax · Scarce Chaser · Platycheirus albimanus · Meliscaeva auricollis +27
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025 Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025 Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus2025 Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Heath Lobelia · Sphagnaceae
Heath Lobelia Lobelia urens Sphagnaceae Sphagnaceae Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale2025
Southern Damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum2025
Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea2025
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea2025
Splayed Deerfly Chrysops caecutiens2025
Splayed Deerfly Chrysops caecutiens2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Cheilosia Cheilosia2025
Neoascia Neoascia2025
Neoascia Neoascia2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025 