Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.92299, -2.00884
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Corn Bunting
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Corn Bunting
- ✦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, Corn Bunting, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Kestrel, Corn Bunting, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Brimstone +25 more · last seen 2025
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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
18,036 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,036 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Corn Bunting +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Small White · Common Blue · Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +9
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,036 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Corn Bunting +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Small White · Common Blue · Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown +9
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumEvents & activities nearby
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