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RSPB Arne nature reserve offers visitors a chance to enjoy beautiful scenery and abundant wildlife. The heathland habitat is home to special birds like Dartford warblers as well as rare plants. Poole Harbour provides spectacular winter views of thousands of birds including large flocks of avocets. Visitors can see various wildlife depending on the season, such as nightjars calling in summer evenings or migrating ospreys stopping to fish in the harbor.
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- 1. RSPB nature reserves are great We really hope you enjoy your visit to Arne and will want to come again. There are other RSPB reserves in Dorset that you can enjoy too – Radipole Lake and Lodmoor in Weymouth, and Garston Wood, near Sixpenny Handley. www.rspb.org.uk/reserves BenHall(rspb-images.com)
- 3. Welcome RSPB Arne – a wealth of wildlife in a beautiful setting You can enjoy wonderful scenery and beautiful views while marvelling at the abundance of wildlife that the heaths, woodland and harbour have to offer. Heathland is rare in the UK and provides the perfect habitat for special birds and other wildlife, such as Dartford warblers, carnivorous sundew plants and all six of the UK’s reptile species. The heath is at its most glorious in summer, and in winter Poole Harbour puts on a spectacular show, with thousands of birds, including the UK’s largest winter flock of avocets. Whenever you choose to come, Arne is magic.
- 4. Don’t miss these In spring and summer … • The eerie calls of nightjars on the heath on summer evenings • Silver-studded blue butterflies flitting among the heather • Lizards and snakes basking on bare earth in the summer sun • Great views of nesting birds on our CCTV screen • Dartford warblers singing from a perch high up on the gorse. In autumn and winter … • Hear the strange whistles of rutting sika stags in autumn • Huge marsh and hen harriers ‘float’ above the saltmarshes and reedbed • Watch feeding birds from the visitor centre while you enjoy a hot drink • Migrating ospreys, stopping by to fish out in the Harbour • Huge numbers of wading birds, wheeling around the cold winter sky.