Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85448, -2.93741
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +86 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Mallard, Moorhen +86 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bronze Shieldbug, Oedemera femoralis, Isoperla grammatica +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Liberty TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef LIBRegional walking route
Monmouth Rebellion WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef MRWRegional walking route
The Driftpublic footpath · 176 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 176 mPath type: footway
Blackland Drovepublic footpath · 329 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 329 mPath type: track
The Driftpublic footpath · 1.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmSurface unpavedPath type: service
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 33Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route213 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 213 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route502 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
13,290 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,290 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Sparrow +40
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bronze Shieldbug · Pinalitus cervinus · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Lamprotettix nitidulus · Palloptera ustulata +17
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus
- Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,290 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Sparrow +40
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bronze Shieldbug · Pinalitus cervinus · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Lamprotettix nitidulus · Palloptera ustulata +17
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus
- Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataAgallia consobrinaAgallia consobrinaAgallia consobrinaAgallia consobrinaAllygus mixtusAllygus mixtusAllygus mixtusAllygus mixtusPhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaeEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataMetylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosusGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisCryptocephalus moraeiCryptocephalus moraeiCryptocephalus moraeiCryptocephalus moraeiCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisIris SawflyRhadinoceraea micansIris SawflyRhadinoceraea micansPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasMelanotus villosusMelanotus villosusMelanotus villosusMelanotus villosusRed-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombiiRed-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii