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Sir David English Sports Centre

3 ha

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

50.74904, -1.85801

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 95m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 95m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Rose Chafer, Hornet Hoverfly, Stag Beetle +45 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rose Chafer, Hornet Hoverfly, Stag Beetle +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route

Named route

Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km

Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route

Poole Coast PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route

Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route

Boscombe Arts Trail.Walking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

93 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

Poole to FerndownCycling route

Named routeRef S5Local cycle route

Turbary LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

S6 ProposedCycling route

Named routeRef S6 pLocal cycle route

Parkstone QuietwayCycling route

Named routeRef C6Local cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Strouden Parkbyway open to all traffic · 60 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 60 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

62,343 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

62,343 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +41

Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Otter · Roe Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

caddisflies · Hoverfly · Eyed Ladybird

caddisfliesTrichoptera
HoverflySyrphidae
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

62,343 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +41

Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Otter · Roe Deer

OtterLutra lutra
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects3 species

spring

2026

caddisflies · Hoverfly · Eyed Ladybird

caddisfliesTrichoptera
HoverflySyrphidae
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Martin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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