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The gorse not only looks amazing at RSPB Arne nature reserve at the moment but it smells amazing!

Enjoying the sunshine, one of the first Iris to open in the cafe garden at RSPB Arne today

On international dawn chorus day we had a fabulous dawn chorus guided walk at RSPB Arne this morning. The highlights were Nightjar, Blackcap and Firecrest, well worth setting the alarm clock for!

A fabulous sunny start to the day at RSPB Arne this morning.

The shuttle bus to RSPB Arne nature reserve has started its summer service. Operated by Purbeck Community Rail Partnership it runs every Wednesday & Saturday until 30 August. Travel to RSPB Arne by bus & enjoy discounted entry to the reserve. ectcharity.co.uk/.../DCT_Servic…...

This fabulous Tapered Drone fly was really enjoying the Elmleaf Blackberry which is just starting to come out in flower at RSPB Arne this week.

There is a real buzz in our shop and cafe wildlife garden this week, the bumble bees 🐝🐝are really enjoying the fabulous flowers! image credit Ben Andrew (rspb-images.com)

An amazing evening last night at RSPB Arne on our first Night Wildlife walks of the year, we had a surround sound of Nightjars calling across the heath!

The team at RSPB Arne have been getting up close and friendly to discover the beauty of some of our smaller plants today. This beautiful Eyebright can so easily be overlooked. When you get up close the markings on the petals are so delicate and well worth stopping to spot!

Another in the series of our getting up close and friendly to discover the beauty of some of our smaller plants on the reserve at RSPB Arne this week. Lesser Hop Trefoil flowers are tiny but have a real beauty when you get up close to enjoy them.

It's a fabulous day at RSPB Arne today. Our first viewpoint from the carpark is a great place to stop to take in the amazing view over the heathland and Poole Harbour.

Leave the car behind - the Purbeck Shuttle 200 bus to RSPB Arne is running! Enjoy stress free travel straight to nature. Timetable, bus stops and more information at: DCT Service 200 (Purbeck Shuttle), 2025 Timetable.xlsx #thebluepool #purbeckshuttle200 #wareham #swanage #PCRP

Continuing our celebration of appreciating our smaller flora and fauna at RSPB Arne this week, today's spotlight plant is Common Centaury. This plant with delicate pink flowers is very at home on sandy, heathland soil. It is well worth looking out for!

Lovely afternoon at RSPB Arne, the rain has stopped and there's blue sky!

One of the most delicate and easily overlooked blooms the Common Vervain is our plant to take centre stage today. It thrives in poor moderately fertile, soil in full sun. RSPB Arne is a perfect spot for it to thrive!

Heading into the weekend and wildlife garden at RSPB Arne nature reserve looks great! There is a real buzz in the air with bees, butterflies, hover and drone flies making the most of the flowers and grasses! 🐝🦋

Sundew graveyard can only describe this fabulous photo our warden team took whilst out on the reserve. This fabulous heathland plant with 'dew' sticky spiky leaves tempt unsuspecting insects to land, in this case a common blue damselfly as prey! image credit Ed Roe

The last in our series of up close and friendly with the smaller plants at RSPB Arne is a personal favourite of mine the woodland/Wild Strawberry. This little patch is found near our office and is a great food source for birds, blackbirds love them 🍓🍓

This week the team at RSPB Arne are getting up close to some of the pollinators at the reserve. This Pellucid Hoverfly is one of the largest hoverflies in the UK. They are most likely to be found in wooded hedgerows. Well worth looking out for on a visit!

There is nothing more relaxing than watching bees dart from flower to flower. This beautiful Common Carder Bumble Bee was really joining the cat mint in our wildlife garden at RSPB Arne nature reserve today! What a buzz 🐝🐝🐝