Purbeck Safari

25/10/2024

With the wet and very mild autumn we're having, it's been a fantastic time for fungus, which love this sort of weather. We spotted this lovely bright yellow staghorn fungus in a copse of pines near Arne the other day. 🍄🍄

With half-term coming up and hopefully some sunnier weather it's a great time to book up a safari and get out into the wilds of Purbeck. Call or email us to find out more.

16/08/2024

There are some fantastic moths around at the moment in Purbeck and we've seen lots of Jersey Tiger moths over the last couple of weeks.
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But how about this beautiful Privet Hawk moth - one of the UK's largest moths, spotted resting in the grass yesterday?!

26/07/2024

Despite the cooler and wetter days so far this summer, there's still so much to see on our safaris. Travelling across some beautiful chalk grasslands on our Purbeck Hills route in the last week we've seen loads of beautiful yellow and black banded Cinnabar Moth caterpillars clustered on their favourite food plant, the Ragwort, which is in full-bloom at the moment. 🐛🦋

We've also seen a fair number of Six-spot Burnet moths which look very similar to the adult Cinnabar moth. Great to see good numbers of both these species.

Be sure to book a Purbeck adventure in our Land Rover Defender if you're visiting this lovely part of Dorset!
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20/07/2024

Spurwing Guest House UK is a lovely place to stay if you’re visiting the Wareham area. We can guarantee you’ll get a friendly welcome from Steph and Richard!

Bees and butterflies this way please ⤵️ Our garden wildflower area🐝🦋

19/07/2024

Yellow ragwort is everywhere at the moment! Although it generally gets eradicated on farmland as horses and cattle don't take kindly to it, it's a food plant for quite a few insects, including the beautiful cinnabar moth.

Its black and yellow banded caterpillars love ragwort and we spotted these out on the hills the other day.

12/07/2024

Great to see that numbers of the endangered southern damselfly are increasing in Purbeck 🌾🪷

We’ll be keeping an eye out for them on our safaris!

Did you know that Purbeck is one of the few places in the UK where you can see this blue beauty?

We have the endangered southern damselfly on two sites:

• On Corfe Common, volunteers recorded 36 this year, the highest number since our surveys began in 2018.
• On Hartland Moor, numbers have stayed stable at 198.

This success ties in with the work we’ve been doing to rewet areas and clear waterside vegetation. Southern damselflies need shallow, unpolluted water with open, sunny banks.

Good news to celebrate in !

Photo by Gen Crisford.

National Trust National Trust South West British Dragonfly Society

05/07/2024

A big thankyou to all our guests who've left some lovely reviews for us this year!
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For the second year running we've been awarded a Tripadvisor 'Traveller's Choice' award, in recognition of the great reviews we've received.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g551720-d23932984-Reviews-Purbeck_Safari-Wareham_Dorset_England.html

28/06/2024

For a great chance to see and hear the amazing Nightjars that visit our lowland heaths in Summer, why not join us on an evening walk in Wareham Forest. Check out this and our other safaris at https://www.purbecksafari.co.uk/safaris

14/06/2024

On our safaris we’re now seeing many more orchids, with lots of pyramidal and bee orchids around on the chalk and limestone grasslands.

Also early purple orchids like this one, which seem to have flowered later this year - maybe due to the very wet spring we had.

11/05/2024

Fantastic views of the Northern Lights over Purbeck last night....... If only we could predict when they're happening (plus clear skies!) we'd consider doing night-time safaris! ✨💫

10/05/2024

A stunning view across the fields near Swyre Head today. Summer seems to have arrived at last! 🌼

Definitely time to book a Purbeck Safari!

25/04/2024

We get to travel to some beautiful places in Purbeck....

We took a family out across Purbeck and along the coast towards Kimmeridge, last week. They were staying in this fabulous location in a cottage at Anvil Point, right beside the lighthouse! 😄

16/04/2024

Come and meet Purbeck Safari this Saturday morning 20th April, from 10-12 at the Nature and Wildlife Fair at Wareham Town Hall along with a host of other local organisations who are passionate about Purbeck and its amazing landscape and wildlife. We’d love to meet you there.

Find out about the amazing natural riches on Wareham’s doorstep at the Nature and Wildlife Fair on Saturday 20th April at Wareham Town Hall

Find more details at: https://visitpurbeckdorset.co.uk/events/nature-and-wildlife-fair/

14/04/2024

Sunnier days are definitely coming and these nosey Devon calves were a lovely sight last week in the fields at Middlebere!🐮

01/04/2024

Honey I shrunk the Land Rover 😜

Be honest… who did we fool with our Lego Land Rover?!

28/03/2024

The Easter holiday is here, so why not call us to book a memorable Easter adventure!
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26/03/2024

Great to see the Osprey pair have returned to their Purbeck nest for a third year! 🦅

We’re hoping to spot them on our future safaris.

Absolutely recommend checking out the Birds of Poole Harbour live nest cam 🪺

What an exciting day!! It's wonderful to see CJ7 and 022 back on the nest together again.

We've already started to receive a few questions about whether we are running the Osprey Tours again with Careys Secret Garden this year to view the nesting pair and hear about the project.

We're pleased to say that we are currently making preparations for these tours to go ahead this year, so watch this space! We're making final adjustments to the viewing setup and giving the birds some time to settle in before releasing any dates to book, but plan to announce these events very soon.

If you want to make sure you don't miss out on tickets, you can subscribe to our newsletter on our website, which is where our events will first be announced. You can subscribe here: https://www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/subscribe

We were so grateful last year for the respect shown for the birds after we made the decision to share the location of the nest. We would like to ask for your cooperation again this year in helping us to protect the birds, by not turning up to Careys Secret Garden without booking, and not straying away from the permitted areas to try and view the Ospreys. The nest site is incredibly sensitive and Ospreys are a Schedule 1 species which means they are protected by law. We therefore ask that you are mindful not to disturb the birds and avoid attempting to get closer to the nest as this will risk the success of this very important nesting pair. We're privileged to be able to now share this space with these birds, and ensuring their safety is our top priority.

Thanks, as ever, for all of your support and excitement for the Ospreys. We're looking forward to seeing the story unfold again this year, and sharing it with so many of you!

You can watch the live webcams here: https://www.birdsofpooleharbour.co.uk/osprey/osprey-webcams/

21/03/2024

Another beautiful Safari today! Absolutely loved taking out our guests from Spurwing Guest House UK 😁

We even had our own personal fly-past of a White Tailed Sea Eagle! Spectacular! 🦅

Thank you Spurwing Guest House UK for a great review!

16/03/2024

It seems like the rain has been never-ending this Winter, but milder Spring days are bringing in the first summer migrants and we heard Chiffchaff and Cetti's warblers last week.

Easter is a great time to get out on safari with us to see what’s arriving in Purbeck🌷🐑

06/03/2024

Spring has sprung and so has our NEW ROUTE! ☀️🌿🌷

We now have privileged access venturing across National Trust territory, and we are beyond excited to share this with you this season. National Trust National Trust Studland Bay

Our new route “The Agglestone & South Harbour”, will enable you to Safari over Godlingston Heath and get a birds-eye view of the famous Agglestone Rock and far reaching vistas, including Studland Bay, Old Harry Rocks and the Isle of Wight, to name but a few!

Check out our website for more information, or feel free to give us a call on 07858 956181 📞

We can’t wait to show you this hidden gem 🌏

10/02/2024

On our safaris we often get some great close encounters with the local wildlife.
This young Sika doe was quite happy to hang around for a photo on one of our trips last week! 🦌

Now that half-term is here, why not take the opportunity to get out with us. Do give us a call to check availability 😁

13/01/2024

On the shores of this secluded bay in the South Harbour all you’ll hear are the occasional cries of oystercatcher or curlew.

In the surrounding fields are large flocks of overwintering Fieldfare and Redwing which have flown in from Scandinavia.

We even spotted a couple of Egyptian Geese last week! 🪿

05/01/2024

Happy New Year to all our safari guests! Here’s to a 2024 full of adventure and exploring the great outdoors 🌳

01/12/2023

It's the run-up to Christmas 🌲, so why not get your loved ones the perfect Christmas present and buy them one of our Purbeck Safari Gift Vouchers.

Just call us to order yours today.

13/11/2023

Some friendly faces on our safari this weekend 🐮