Roe deer are quite shy. We think there are 20+ on the course
Buzzards can often be seen and heard
Mostly heathland as you can see from this view of the seventh green
Spotted Orchid
Cock Pheasant in breeding plumage
Slow worm
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The Broadstone Golf Club: www.broadstonegolfclub.com
The Broadstone Golf Club: www.broadstonegolfclub.com
BROADSTONE GOLF CLUB - WILDLIFE
Set in Dorset Heathland, the course at Broadstone is home to many species.
Most of the course is deemed a site of special scientific interest so the club does all it can to preserve this natural habitation within it's 260 acres.
Most of the course is deemed a site of special scientific interest so the club does all it can to preserve this natural habitation within it's 260 acres.
Brooklime
Common Centuary
Devils Bit Scabious
Bell Heather
Common Whitlow
Sundew
Spotted Orchid
Cotton Grass
Manderin Duck on the pond on the third
Bluebells
Seen on the 12th
The vixen often seen around the 9th/17th area
Gorse or Furzy (European)
Primrose
Dame's Violet
Cuckoo Flower/Ladies Smock
Pendulous Sedge
Minnows Spawning in the stream - 2nd
Young Stag, still in his winter coat - May 2011
Dog Violet
All photos taken on The Broadstone Golf Course
We have the Grass snake, the Smooth Snake and the Adder on the course.
Moorhen on the third
Heron on the third
Heron by the Fourth Pond
Mallard Drake
Robin
Green Woodpecker (17th)
Mating Green Woodpeckers (17th)
Garlic Mustard
Foxglove
Speckled Wood
Gatekeeper
Peacock
Painted Lady
Common Blue
Triangular Stalked Garlic
Yellow Flag
Song Thrush
Female Stonechat
Male Stonechat
Young Stonechat
Young Roe Deer on the 12th - June 2011
Keith Rawling is a Past Captain of The Broadstone Golf Club
Young Green Woodpecker