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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds✦ Heritage
Public access Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Dorset Getting here
50.83088, -2.02933
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: The Hardy Way
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walk at Badbury Rings and The Oaks, Kingston Lacy Walking route 6.1 km ▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named route Length 6.1 km Duration 02:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Walk at Eye Bridge and Pamphill, Kingston Lacy Walking route 5.4 km ▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named route Length 5.4 km Duration 02:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Walk at Pamphill Green and Moor, Kingston Lacy Walking route 2.8 km ▾
Grass, gravel tracks and a short stretch on a path, undulating and rough in parts, with easy ascents and descents. The walk may be wet in winter.
Named route Length 2.8 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Walk at Pamphill and Cowgrove, Kingston Lacy Walking route 4.5 km ▾
Gravel and grass tracks with a short distance on a country lane. Undulating going down into the valley and back. Ground can become very wet in winter.
Named route Length 4.5 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Walk at the Beech Avenue and Droves, Kingston Lacy Walking route 3.8 km ▾
Follows mostly grassed tracks.
Named route Length 3.8 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 25 National Cycle Network
Show on map Leigh Road Wimborne Road Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref S5 Local cycle route
Show on map Kingston Lacy Woodland Trail Cycling route ▾
National Route 256 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 256 National Cycle Network
Show on map North Dorset Cycle Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Kingston Lacy Woodland Trail Cycling route ▾
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
King Down Drove bridleway · 1.3 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1.3 km Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
24,652 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,652 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer +42
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Robin Erithacus rubecula Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Whitethroat Curruca communis Skylark Alauda arvensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Linnet Linaria cannabina Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Magpie Pica pica Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Redwing Turdus iliacus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stock Dove Columba oenas Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Tit Parus major Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Rock Dove Columba livia Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Glow-worm · Dotted Bee-fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dock Bug · Hairy Shieldbug +2
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Greater Knapweed · Frog Orchid · Bastard-toadflax · Goat's-beard · Bladder Campion +1
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis Bastard-toadflax Thesium humifusum Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,652 records · National Biodiversity Network Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Yellowhammer +42
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Robin Erithacus rubecula Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Whitethroat Curruca communis Skylark Alauda arvensis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Linnet Linaria cannabina Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Magpie Pica pica Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Herring Gull Larus argentatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Redwing Turdus iliacus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stock Dove Columba oenas Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Great Tit Parus major Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Rock Dove Columba livia Slow-worm
🐝 Insects 7 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Glow-worm · Dotted Bee-fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dock Bug · Hairy Shieldbug +2
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Greater Knapweed · Frog Orchid · Bastard-toadflax · Goat's-beard · Bladder Campion +1
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis Bastard-toadflax Thesium humifusum Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus2025
Episyrphus balteatus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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