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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.72604, -2.03177
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Purbeck WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shipstal trailWalking route▾
Shipstal trail, part of Arne RSPB reserve. Permissive route for people who have paid to access the reserve
Named route
Cordite WayWalking route▾
Shore Lanepublic footpath · 175 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 175 mPath type: residential
Allens Roadpublic footpath · 73 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 73 mPath type: residential
Shore Lanepublic footpath · 152 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 152 mPath type: residential
101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wareham/PooleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - ACycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-aLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Poole Harbour Trails - ArneMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef pht-rLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Upton Trailwaybridleway · 529 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 529 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Photos
Turlin Moor Nature Reserve
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
363,856 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
363,856 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Teal · Greenfinch · Shelduck · Kestrel +38
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Sika Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
🦎Reptiles4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Adder · Sand Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalinus aeneus +11
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
363,856 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Teal · Greenfinch · Shelduck · Kestrel +38
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Sika Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Sika DeerCervus nippon
🦎Reptiles4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Adder · Sand Lizard · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Sand LizardLacerta agilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalinus aeneus +11
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalinus aeneusEristalinus aeneus
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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