Address
Bournemouth
BH5 2EL
Activities
There are occasional guided walks throughout the year. There are hard-surfaced paths all along the reserve, so they are suitable for wheelchair users too.
Useful information
Birds and reptiles
The reserve is a long and narrow strip of grassy scrub that’s home to several rare species of plants and animals. The birds you can see here include Dartford warblers, stonechats, greenfinches and kestrels.
It’s also home to two exotic species of reptile, the wall lizard and green lizard, which you can see on warm days basking in the sun on the walls of the zig-zag path at Portman Ravine.
Insects
If you’re interested in insects, then keep an eye out for the beewolf which hunts bees and carries them off to its underground lair. In the warmer weather you can spot many butterflies, including the common blue, painted lady and clouded yellow.
Goats
A little further down towards Boscombe Pier you might spot some of the British feral goats that help us by grazing on the scrub at Honeycomb Chine.
Make sure you follow the rules in our nature reserves.