Tadnoll and Winfrith Heath
A scrape for birds in the reserve
Location in Dorset
Location	near Winfrith Newburgh
OS grid	SY 804 863
Coordinates	50°40′33″N 2°16′44″W / 50.67583°N 2.27889°W / 50.67583; -2.27889
Area	181 hectares (450 acres)
Operated by	Dorset Wildlife Trust
Website	www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/tadnoll-winfrith-heath

Tadnoll and Winfrith Heath is a nature reserve of the Dorset Wildlife Trust, near the village of Winfrith Newburgh in Dorset, England. There is heathland and wetland in the reserve.

Winfrith Heath is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[1] The wetland is designated a Ramsar site, and the reserve has been listed as a Special Area of Conservation.^[2]

The total area of the reserve is 181 hectares (450 acres). The chalk stream Tadnoll Brook, a tributary of the River Frome, runs through the site.^[2]

The heathland has common heather, bell heather and gorse. Species of birds include nightjar and Dartford warbler, and the silver-studded blue butterfly may be seen.^[2]

In the boggy areas of heathland there is sphagnum moss, bog asphodel and sundew.^[2] The wetland habitat supports important species of plant and insects including marsh clubmoss and the small red damselfly. In new ponds, colonies of pillwort, a rare aquatic fern, have formed in less than a decade.^[3]

• Dorset Heaths