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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome
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50.91034, -1.94295
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard ✦ 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
🐦 91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard ✦ 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 — Moorhen, Mallard, Kestrel +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Kestrel +88 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Black Oil-beetle, Glow-worm, Common Blue Damselfly +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Black Oil-beetle, Glow-worm, Common Blue Damselfly +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Lateral Cryphaea · last seen 2025; Plants — Lateral Cryphaea · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Jubilee Trail (Dorset) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Hardy Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map North Dorset Cycle Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Sharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus
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Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
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Brown Sedge Carex disticha
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Blue Water-speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica
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Sweet Vernal-grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
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Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
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Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
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Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
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Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
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Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Common Mouse-ear Cerastium fontanum
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Marsh Valerian Valeriana dioica
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Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
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Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra
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Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
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Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides
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Russian Comfrey Symphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum
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Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Sedge Carex nigra
Common Sedge Carex nigra
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
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Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea
Reed Canary-grass Phalaris arundinacea
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
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