Purbeck Safari

07/01/2025

It’s been so wet so far this winter we’ve avoided the trails in Purbeck. But winter can be a great time for spotting wildlife and we took a trip down to the shoreline at Hamworthy to catch a sighting of a snow bunting that had been seen in the area for several days 🪶It’s a scarce visitor this far south so a real treat to see so close up!

We’ve got some fantastic new routes which we’ll be announcing in the Spring, so keep an eye on our website for news of these in the next few weeks 🌤️

13/12/2024

Christmas Toadstool!
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This scarlet waxcap we found on the heath certainly brightens the gloomy days we’re having at the moment.

Don’t forget to check out our safari gift vouchers if you’re still looking for the perfect gift for someone this Christmas.🎄

13/12/2024

ChristmasToadstool! This scarlet waxcap we found on the heath certainly brightens the gloomy days we’re having at the moment.
Don’t forget to check out our safari vouchers if you’re still looking for the perfect gift for someone this Christmas.

22/11/2024

If you're looking for the perfect Christmas gift for that special person, why not call us at Purbeck Safari and order one of our amazing Gift Vouchers. 🎄🌲

They range in price from £40-£70 to cover all the different routes we offer - perfect for a fabulous off-road adventure across the Isle of Purbeck. 🚙

20/11/2024

A fantastic morning crossing Slepe Heath on the way down to Middlebere this morning.

Highlights were a beautiful White Tailed Eagle only a hundred feet above us and a Kingfisher on the edge of the Middlebere channel. Also plenty of Dartford Warblers among the gorse.

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/