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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
50.90621, -3.47629
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Swift
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Swift
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Swift, Little Egret +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Dipper, Swift, Little Egret +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Allodia ornaticollis, Mycetophila autumnalis +116 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Swan's NeckWalking route▾
Named routeRef SN
Impey WalkWalking route▾
Tiverton Tree TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
UK:National Cycle Network - west boundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route844 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 844 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
25,356 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dipper · Swift · Rock Dove · Mallard · Grey Wagtail +40
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Platycheirus · Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +9
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Donacia vulgarisDonacia vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,356 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dipper · Swift · Rock Dove · Mallard · Grey Wagtail +40
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Platycheirus · Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker +9
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Donacia vulgarisDonacia vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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