Dorset 2 - Brownsea Island (National Trust & Dorset Wildlife Trust NR): Red Squirrels. 30.03.21
- Sim Elliott
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 4, 2022
To get to Brownsea Island, you need to get a Ferry from Poole Quay. Pool Quay is the historic part of Poole; most of Poole is post-wat building, as a result of damage sustained by bombing in WW2. Here are some of the historic building on the Quay
Poole Quay
The Customs House

The Poole History Centre is housed in the Town Cellars, a medieval wool warehouse dating from the 1300s. It has impressive stone walls and a magnificent timber roof. The Centre is a rich resource about Poole’s heritage. From here you can research local and family history using its extensive library and microfilmed and digitised material. Poole Museum - It's FREE - Visitor Information | Dorset Guide

Historic pubs




Border force boat in the docks

Sailing ship.

The Brownsea Ferry

National Trust Map 2022_NTBI_WelcomeLeaflet_12pp_110222_web.pdf

The Lagoon from the ferry

Great Black-Headed Gulls, Avocets and Oystercatchers in the lagoon, seen from the ferry

Brownsea Island Nature Reserve

The Lagoon, from the paths and hides of the Brownsea Nature Reserve (Dorset Wildlife Trust)
Avocets




Black-Tailed Godwits


Shelducks, Black-Headed Gulls, and ducks

Avocet

Black-Tailed Godwits


The lagoon

Shellducks


Greenshank

Reshank

Shelducks

Black-Headed Gulls


Oystercatchers

Greylag Goose

Tern nesting islands (Terns hadn't arrived yet) with Black-Headed Gulls



Reed Beds
Black-headed Gull










The Lake
Shelducks





Looking down on the lagoon from the hill to the south of the lagoon

Woods on the hill




Red Squirrels





Chaffinch

Treecreeper


National Trust part of the Island
Ornamental Peacocks







Jay



South Shore Beach
Oystercatcher

Black-Headed Gulls

Oystercatcher



Curlew





Oystercathcer



Wood Ants





Song Thrush

Chaffinch


Another Chaffinch

Peacocks again


Pied Wagtail

Another Red Squirrel

The church

Black-Headed Gull

Buff-Tailed Bumblebee

Wren




From the ferry, leaving the island







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