Dogs and their owners are most welcome at this site. There are several receptacles provided for LYTCHETT the disposal of dog waste. MINSTER

PLEASE HELP US TO KEEP AND UPTON THIS SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENT CLEAN

LYTCHETT BAY VIEW

Pictures show Information boards, and the LYTCHETT MINSTER AND UPTON TOWN before and after COUNCIL photographs of the boardwalk 1 Moorland Parade, Moorland Way, Upton, installed which , BH16 5JS www.lytchettminsterandupton-tc.gov.uk Information Guide— May 2015 now enables year round access to Chad’s Copse and

Turlin Moor 01202 632070 Playing Fields. LYTCHETT BAY VIEW It is an extremely suitable and accessible site These include: for people of all ages for picnics, short walks, WHERE IS IT? relaxation and the study of ‘nature’.  Roe and Mountjac Deer  Brent Geese Lyttchett Bay View is located off Border Road,  Sparrow Hawk Lytchett Bay View is within 1 mile of the town’s junior schools and the Community Centre, with opposite Tree Hamlets, fringes Harbour  Osprey  Lizard a spectacular and beautiful view across the and overlooks Lytchett Bay itself.  Grass Snake bay.  Slow Worm

 A range of ‘garden’ and woodland

birds The seats have been designed to make them accessible to those who have restricted WHO OWNS IT? WHAT IS IT? mobility.

It is a 9.6 acre coastal site comprising It is owned and managed by Lytchett Minster and Upton Town grassland, scrub and copse with a reed Council as a public amenity with Information Boards, seats, swamp at its southern point, open 365 days a picnic table and footpaths. year. Lytchett Bay View is a Site of Nature The installation of 2 boardwalks now links the site through Conservation Interest (SNCI) which is Chads Copse to Hamworthy and to the open spaces and recognised by the Dorset Wildlife Trust and recreational areas in the Borough of Poole. Natural as being important for Substantial coppicing of willow and scrub has opened up the wildlife and plant species. It is also a Local site to provide better views and to encourage more varied Nature Reserve. wildlife and plant species. The scrub removal has also WHAT WILDLIFE CAN BE SEEN? exposed three ponds, around which people, The Information Boards provide more details especially children, should The South and South take care. of the different type of wildlife that have been East in Bloom A new Information Board seen. judges have also shows links to the other described this walks in the area, making natural open space Lytchett Bay View part of the as ‘the jewel in Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Great Upton’s crown’. Heath Project.