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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.86931, -2.97313
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Coot +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Coot +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large White +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Liberty TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef LIBRegional walking route
Monmouth Rebellion WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef MRWRegional walking route
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Snowdon Cottage Lanepublic footpath · 34 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mPath type: footway
Snowdon Cottage Lanepublic footpath · 112 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: footway
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route284 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 284 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 33Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route213 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 213 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
11,696 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,696 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Swift · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Coot +43
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Darter +8
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Field Damsel Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,696 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Herring Gull · Swift · Great Crested Grebe · Mallard · Coot +43
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Common Darter +8
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Field Damsel Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nabis (Nabis) ferus
Nabis (Nabis) ferus
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rustica10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2024Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis2024Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2024Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2024