The Poole Harbour Guide 2013 FREE

Brownsea is not the only island in the harbour. Poole
Harbour is home to a total of eight islands, which have
an interesting and diverse range of uses. The six largest
are mentioned here:
Adjacent to Brownsea is Furzey. Furzey Island is home
to a well hidden oil well and gathering station for Wytch
Farm – Britain's largest onshore oil development, linked
by pipeline to the refinery at Fawley. This island is also
home to the red squirrel which have been studied on
Furzey since 1986. Annual trapping has shown that the
population varies from 18 to 57 adults, on only 6ha of
woodland. The thriving population is largely due to the
excellent cone crops from the Scots pines on the island.
Next door is Green Island is a Site of Special Scientific
Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA) and has
featured on the archaeology programme Time Team. It
covers approximately 45 acres at low tide and is covered
Harbour Islands
in extensive woodland in the centre, made up of Scots
pine with several small areas of heathland. There are
two buildings on the island, helicopter landing pad, a
private wooden jetty as well as a beach area. Recently
Green Island was put on the market for £2.5m and has
been sold. When it last went on the market in 1987 it
sold for £500,000!
Long Island has recently been sold for over a million,
however, the new owner cannot build a home but will
be permitted to pitch a tent in the wilderness for
accommodation.
Apparently, Pergin’s Island in Holes Bay is haunted.
Rumour has it that Pergin’s is where the people of Poole
used to take ‘witches’, tie them to trees and leave them
to die – Spooky!
Dorset Wildfowlers’ Association for Shooting and
Conservation own the 6-acre Giggers Island.
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