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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.73716, -1.71568
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 93m away — 2 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 93m away — 2 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Purple Sandpiper +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Purple Sandpiper +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Holly Blue +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley PathWalking route55 km▾
Named routeRef AVPLength 55 kmRegional walking route
West LaneWalking route▾
Named routeRef br-710
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
Two Bays WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 South Mundham to ChristchurchCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Christchurch to Merley - S6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
C14Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
C13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef c13Local cycle route
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Rothesay Woods, Highcliffe
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Wildlife to spot
25,522 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,522 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Turnstone · Long-tailed Tit +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel +2
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BatChiroptera
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Volucella inanis · Beautiful Demoiselle · Syrphus +33
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
🌿Plants1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Heath Lobelia
- Heath LobeliaLobelia urens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,522 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Turnstone · Long-tailed Tit +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PuffinFratercula arctica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel +2
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- BatChiroptera
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis pertinax · Volucella inanis · Beautiful Demoiselle · Syrphus +33
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
🌿Plants1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Heath Lobelia
- Heath LobeliaLobelia urens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hedgehog
Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus2025
Erinaceus europaeus2025
2025
2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Minettia inustaMinettia inusta2025Minettia inustaMinettia inusta2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025EumerusEumerus2025EumerusEumerus2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025