We realised that there was a geocache fairly local to Swanage that we hadn't looked for so we headed to another new area to us, Middlebere Heath, which is between Norden and Arne, near Wareham. We had to find various answers to clues before we found the eventual geocache and this took us to some great locations. The area belongs to the National Trust and they have placed shepherd's huts around to be used as bird hides, they were brilliant (although one had a mahoosive spider in it so I soon left again!!)
A moody looking Corfe Castle.
I haven't noticed this before but this cattle grid has two ramps on either side of it for hedgehogs to get out should they fall in (and if they fall in the middle there are holes for them to get through to each side)
Good plan!
A shepherd's hut bird hide (+ spider) with a fantastic view over an inlet of Poole Harbour.
It was from here that we saw the marsh harrier, soaring below.
I really like fir cones too and
there were plenty here.
The route took us along a footpath that was a railway line years ago and it was just along here in the gorse bushes that we saw a few dartford warblers quite close up, it was amazing.
There was another bird hide just before we managed to find the geocache. This is a great place to visit, I can thoroughly recommend it, there were birds and birdsong everywhere, just my sort of place.
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