Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85789, -2.93442
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Robin, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +67 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Oedemera femoralis, Red-eyed Damselfly +162 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 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 · 1.6 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.6 kmPath type: service
The Driftpublic footpath · 24 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 24 mPath type: service
The Driftpublic footpath · 176 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 176 mPath type: footway
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
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Wildlife to spot
6,289 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,289 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Wren · Blue Tit +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects18 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pinalitus cervinus · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Lamprotettix nitidulus · Palloptera ustulata · Emperor Dragonfly +13
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus
- Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,289 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Wren · Blue Tit +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects18 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pinalitus cervinus · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Lamprotettix nitidulus · Palloptera ustulata · Emperor Dragonfly +13
- Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus
- Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
- Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus
- Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
