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Places › England › South West › Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Getting here
50.72857, -1.84965
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 299m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 299m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +79 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Stag Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Valley Path Walking route 55 km ▾
Named route Ref AVP Length 55 km Regional walking route
Show on map Stour Valley Way Walking route 100 km ▾
Named route Ref SVW Length 100 km Regional walking route
Show on map Poole Coast Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bourne Valley Greenway walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BVG Local walking route
Show on map Boscombe Arts Trail. Walking route ▾
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 2 Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map S6 Proposed Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S6 p Local cycle route
Show on map Parkstone Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C6 Local cycle route
Show on map Woodland Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN25 (Alternate Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN25 Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Crucifixion sculpture on St Clement's church
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Wildlife to spot
25,665 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,665 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jay +28
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Bat Chiroptera Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoverfly · Eyed Ladybird · Suillia notata +10
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Hoverfly Syrphidae Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata Suillia notata Suillia notata2025 Nimbus contaminatus Nimbus contaminatus2025 Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,665 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jay +28
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Bat
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Bat Chiroptera Wall Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2025 Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoverfly · Eyed Ladybird · Suillia notata +10
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Hoverfly Syrphidae Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata Suillia notata Suillia notata2025 Nimbus contaminatus Nimbus contaminatus2025 Springy Turf-moss
Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2025
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Sitaris muralis Sitaris muralis2025
Sitaris muralis Sitaris muralis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025 