A tiny bird which wandered up to a Brownsea Island webcam turned out to be an extremely rare visitor from North America. The Semipalmated Sandpiper caused the UK’s first ever online twitch as bird ...

At the turn of the 20th Century, Robert Baden-Powell, who, seeing what such an idyllic and secluded place Brownsea was, suggested it as a campsite where he could educate young boys. Baden-Powell had ...

THE beautiful wildlife reserve that looks like it belongs in an Enid Blyton novel is open for the summer again. Brownsea Island, found off Poole Harbour in Dorset, has been closed since November for ...

ON A RECENT sunny weekend, I decided to take a picnic to Brownsea Island for a day surrounded by nature. I boarded the island ferry at Poole Quay, curious to see if my childhood memories of peacocks, ...

The island even has a campsite and 'natural' playgrounds for kids AN island that inspired Enid Blyton is reopening to the public for the first time in four months. Brownsea Island is off the coast of ...

An island in Dorset will be closed at the weekend due to strong winds being forecast as Storm Amy approaches. People will not be able to visit Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour, on Saturday and its ...

A sightseeing boat has been impounded by police after two children died in a tragic sea incident in Bournemouth this week. A 12-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy died after suffering critical injuries ...

If you walk the western and southern shores of Brownsea Island today, you will find the beaches are not made of sand or shingle. They are a chaotic, glittering mosaic of debris: shattered pipes, ...

15:24, Mon, Mar 24, 2025 Updated: 15:31, Mon, Mar 24, 2025 Spring is on its way and after a long winter, people are excited to start planning their warm weather holidays - and one coastal destination ...

Plus, the seaside hamlet that has a pub right on the Dorset beach THE beautiful wildlife reserve that looks like it belongs in an Enid Blyton novel is open for the summer again. Brownsea Island, found ...