Bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill 500m north west of Halsway Post
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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.14275, -3.23550
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
6 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +62 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +62 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Minotaur Beetle, Glow-worm, Abax parallelepipedus +11 more · last seen 2026
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Castles & Coast WayWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmLocal walking route
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
West Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDWRegional walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
The Quantock ridgeway, west of Halsway Post
Photos
The Quantock ridgeway, west of Halsway Post
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,001 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,001 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds65 species
springsummer
2025Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Carrion Crow
+60 more speciesHide species list
All 65 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025Barbastelle · Red Deer · Roe Deer · Greater Horseshoe Bat
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025Common Frog
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2026Minotaur Beetle · Glow-worm · Abax parallelepipedus · Trioza centranthi · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,001 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds65 species
springsummer
2025Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Carrion Crow
+60 more speciesHide species list
All 65 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025Barbastelle · Red Deer · Roe Deer · Greater Horseshoe Bat
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025Common Frog
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2026Minotaur Beetle · Glow-worm · Abax parallelepipedus · Trioza centranthi · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Golden-ringed Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus2025Small Elm Bark BeetleScolytus multistriatus2025Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2024Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2024Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024Events & activities nearby
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