Small multivallate hillfort called Rawlsbury Camp
5 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
50.85132, -2.33166
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Chaffinch, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Chaffinch, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025; Lowland calcareous grassland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +35 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
North Dorset Cycle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Rawlsbury Camp from the east
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Wildlife to spot
3,931 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,931 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Linnet · Raven · Swallow · Blue Tit +31
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral +3
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🌿Plants100 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · Hogweed · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot +95
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,931 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Linnet · Raven · Swallow · Blue Tit +31
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Red Admiral +3
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Small WhitePieris rapae
🌿Plants100 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Nettle · Creeping Thistle · Hogweed · False Oat-grass · Cock's-foot +95
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Perennial Rye-grass
Perennial Rye-grass
Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne
White CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansAnnual PearlwortSagina apetalaAnnual PearlwortSagina apetalaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaEarly Dog-violetViola reichenbachianaHerb-ParisParis quadrifoliaHerb-ParisParis quadrifoliaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgareBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaSheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2024Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Quaking-grassBriza media2024Quaking-grassBriza media2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Field MapleAcer campestre2024Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2024Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2024Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2024Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024BetonyBetonica officinalis2024BetonyBetonica officinalis2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Downy OatAvenula pubescens2024Downy OatAvenula pubescens2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024CowslipPrimula veris2024CowslipPrimula veris2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024