Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
50.92214, -2.00625
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Robin +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Robin +49 more · last seen 2025; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Common Blue +10 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Jubilee Trail (Dorset); Named hiking route nearby: Jubilee Trail (Dorset)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shire RackWalking route▾
Path following the Dorset-Wiltshire border
Named route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ackling Dykebridleway · 3.9 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 3.9 kmPath type: track
Photos
Ancient Settlement on Gussage Hill
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,717 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,717 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Redwing +47
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Small White · Red Admiral · Common Blue · Comma · Green-veined White +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,717 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Redwing +47
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- TealAnas crecca
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Small White · Red Admiral · Common Blue · Comma · Green-veined White +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumPainted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Events & activities nearby
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