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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
51.03222, -3.51533
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦24+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦24+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Robin
- ✦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
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Robin, Pheasant +21 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Robin, Pheasant +21 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Black Snipefly, Hylemya vagans +62 more · last seen 2024
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Yorkshire-fog, Common Bent +76 more · last seen 2023
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 344Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 344National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.3 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Replacement Milestone by the A396, near Bury Castle
Photos
Replacement Milestone by the A396, near Bury Castle
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
2,468 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,468 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds24 species
springsummer
2026Pied Flycatcher · Robin · Pheasant · Redstart · Swift
+19 more speciesHide species list
All 24 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2022Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Pygmy Shrew · Bank Vole
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026Common Frog
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Black Snipefly · Hylemya vagans · Allodia ornaticollis · Mycetophila fungorum
+60 more speciesHide species list
All 65 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
- Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2022
- Allodia ornaticollisAllodia ornaticollis
- Mycetophila fungorumMycetophila fungorum
Himalayan Balsam · Yorkshire-fog · Common Bent · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Buttercup
+74 more speciesHide species list
All 79 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,468 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds24 species
springsummer
2026Pied Flycatcher · Robin · Pheasant · Redstart · Swift
+19 more speciesHide species list
All 24 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2022Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Pygmy Shrew · Bank Vole
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026Common Frog
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Black Snipefly · Hylemya vagans · Allodia ornaticollis · Mycetophila fungorum
+60 more speciesHide species list
All 65 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
- Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022
- Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2022
- Allodia ornaticollisAllodia ornaticollis
- Mycetophila fungorumMycetophila fungorum
Himalayan Balsam · Yorkshire-fog · Common Bent · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Buttercup
+74 more speciesHide species list
All 79 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2022
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Macrocera phalerata
Macrocera phalerata
Macrocera phalerata2022
Macrocera phalerata2022
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2022Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2022Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2022Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2022Silo nigricornisSilo nigricornis2019Silo nigricornisSilo nigricornis2019Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2019Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2019Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019Mycetophila unipunctataMycetophila unipunctataMycetophila unipunctataMycetophila unipunctataRymosia fasciataRymosia fasciataRymosia fasciataRymosia fasciataRymosia spinipesRymosia spinipesRymosia spinipesRymosia spinipesPhronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuataPhronia tenuisPhronia tenuisPhronia tenuisPhronia tenuisMycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curvisetaClivina fossorClivina fossorClivina fossorClivina fossorBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosBembidion lamprosClover Seed WeevilProtapion apricansClover Seed WeevilProtapion apricansParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesParanchus albipesBembidion mannerheimiiBembidion mannerheimiiBembidion mannerheimiiBembidion mannerheimiiPterostichus diligensPterostichus diligensPterostichus diligensPterostichus diligensPerapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathiPerapion hydrolapathiBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBembidion lunulatumBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2023Macrocera stigmoidesMacrocera stigmoides2022Macrocera stigmoidesMacrocera stigmoides2022Exechia dorsalisExechia dorsalis2022Exechia dorsalisExechia dorsalis2022Symmerus annulatusSymmerus annulatus2022Symmerus annulatusSymmerus annulatus2022Mycomya winnertziMycomya winnertzi2022Mycomya winnertziMycomya winnertzi2022Mycetophila perpallidaMycetophila perpallida2022Mycetophila perpallidaMycetophila perpallida2022Orfelia fasciataOrfelia fasciata2022Orfelia fasciataOrfelia fasciata2022Long-horned Black LegionnaireBeris geniculata2022Long-horned Black LegionnaireBeris geniculata2022Leia fascipennisLeia fascipennis2022Leia fascipennisLeia fascipennis2022Macrocera vittataMacrocera vittata2022Macrocera vittataMacrocera vittata2022Mycetophila stylatiformisMycetophila stylatiformis2022Mycetophila stylatiformisMycetophila stylatiformis2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata2022Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata2022Platurocypta testataPlaturocypta testata2022Platurocypta testataPlaturocypta testata2022Ectrepesthoneura colyeriEctrepesthoneura colyeri2022Ectrepesthoneura colyeriEctrepesthoneura colyeri2022Kowarzia bipunctataKowarzia bipunctata2022Kowarzia bipunctataKowarzia bipunctata2022Gymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreus2022Gymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreus2022Mycetophila ocellusMycetophila ocellus2022Mycetophila ocellusMycetophila ocellus2022Mycetophila marginataMycetophila marginata2022Mycetophila marginataMycetophila marginata2022Hydrophoria ruralisHydrophoria ruralis2022Hydrophoria ruralisHydrophoria ruralis2022Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022Mycetophila lastovkaiMycetophila lastovkai2022Mycetophila lastovkaiMycetophila lastovkai2022Chirosia cinerosaChirosia cinerosa2022Chirosia cinerosaChirosia cinerosa2022Short-horned Black LegionnaireBeris fuscipes2022Short-horned Black LegionnaireBeris fuscipes2022Pyratula zonataPyratula zonata2022Pyratula zonataPyratula zonata2022Phronia humeralisPhronia humeralis2022Phronia humeralisPhronia humeralis2022Mycetophila fraternaMycetophila fraterna2022Mycetophila fraternaMycetophila fraterna2022Mycetophila ornataMycetophila ornata2022Mycetophila ornataMycetophila ornata2022Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2022Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2019Drusus annulatusDrusus annulatus2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Goera pilosaGoera pilosa2019Glossosoma boltoniGlossosoma boltoni2019Glossosoma boltoniGlossosoma boltoni2019Athripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatus2019Athripsodes bilineatusAthripsodes bilineatus2019Brachycentrus subnubilusBrachycentrus subnubilus2019Brachycentrus subnubilusBrachycentrus subnubilus2019Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaTaraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2019Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita2019Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2019Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019BugleAjuga reptans2019BugleAjuga reptans2019Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2019Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2019Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2019Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2019Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019Oval SedgeCarex leporina2019Oval SedgeCarex leporina2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019CleaversGalium aparine2019CleaversGalium aparine2019Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2019Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2019Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2019Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2019Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019Velvet BentAgrostis canina2019Velvet BentAgrostis canina2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2019CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2019Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2019Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2019Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2019Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2019TimothyPhleum pratense2019TimothyPhleum pratense2019Common ChickweedStellaria media2019Common ChickweedStellaria media2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Slender RushJuncus tenuis2019Slender RushJuncus tenuis2019Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2019Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Toad RushJuncus bufonius2019Toad RushJuncus bufonius2019Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2019Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2019CowslipPrimula veris2019CowslipPrimula veris2019Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2019Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2019Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2019Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2019Common SallowSalix cinerea2019Common SallowSalix cinerea2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Events & activities nearby
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