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🦅Birds🎠Play✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.99299, -3.48514
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Tawny Owl
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Six on Castle — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦33+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Tawny Owl
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Six on Castle — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Tawny Owl, Great Tit +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Swift, Tawny Owl, Great Tit +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — King Alfred's Cakes, Candlesnuff Fungus, Hairy Curtain Crust +114 more · last seen 2016
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
22 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 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
Main RouteCycling route282 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Bampton : Castle Grove Nursing Home
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,769 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,769 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Robin +21
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Hedgehog · Otter · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Natterer's Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects82 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hylemya vagans · Allodia ornaticollis · Allodia lugens · Brevicornu sericoma · Bolitophila saundersii +77
- Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2022
- Allodia ornaticollisAllodia ornaticollis2023
- Allodia lugensAllodia lugens2022
- Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma
- Bolitophila saundersiiBolitophila saundersii
- Mycomya cinerascens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,769 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Robin +21
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Hedgehog · Otter · Hazel Dormouse · Mole · Natterer's Bat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects82 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hylemya vagans · Allodia ornaticollis · Allodia lugens · Brevicornu sericoma · Bolitophila saundersii +77
- Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2022
- Allodia ornaticollisAllodia ornaticollis2023
- Allodia lugensAllodia lugens2022
- Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma
- Bolitophila saundersiiBolitophila saundersii
- Mycomya cinerascens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mycomya cinerascens2023
Mycomya cinerascens2023
Mycetophila perpallidaMycetophila perpallida2022Mycetophila perpallidaMycetophila perpallida2022Exechia fuscaExechia fusca2022Exechia fuscaExechia fusca2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Macrocera fasciataMacrocera fasciataMacrocera fasciataMacrocera fasciataZygomyia pictipennisZygomyia pictipennis2023Zygomyia pictipennisZygomyia pictipennis2023Antlemon servulumAntlemon servulum2023Antlemon servulumAntlemon servulum2023Mycetophila marginataMycetophila marginata2022Mycetophila marginataMycetophila marginata2022Exechia cinctaExechia cincta2022Exechia cinctaExechia cincta2022Phronia basalisPhronia basalis2022Phronia basalisPhronia basalis2022Rymosia fasciataRymosia fasciata2022Rymosia fasciataRymosia fasciata2022Mycetophila edwardsiMycetophila edwardsi2022Mycetophila edwardsiMycetophila edwardsi2022Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022Macrocera vittataMacrocera vittataMacrocera vittataMacrocera vittataAnatella minutaAnatella minutaAnatella minutaAnatella minutaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Brachycampta grataBrachycampta grata2023Brachycampta grataBrachycampta grata2023Mycetophila fraternaMycetophila fraterna2023Mycetophila fraternaMycetophila fraterna2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Coelosia flavaCoelosia flava2023Coelosia flavaCoelosia flava2023Synapha fasciataSynapha fasciata2023Synapha fasciataSynapha fasciata2023Mycomya circumdataMycomya circumdata2023Mycomya circumdataMycomya circumdata2023Sceptonia membranaceaSceptonia membranacea2023Sceptonia membranaceaSceptonia membranacea2023Sceptonia nigraSceptonia nigra2023Sceptonia nigraSceptonia nigra2023Cordyla fissaCordyla fissa2023Cordyla fissaCordyla fissa2023Platyura marginataPlatyura marginata2023Platyura marginataPlatyura marginata2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Mycetophila fungorumMycetophila fungorum2022Mycetophila fungorumMycetophila fungorum2022Tarnania fenestralisTarnania fenestralis2022Tarnania fenestralisTarnania fenestralis2022Mycetophila deflexaMycetophila deflexa2022Mycetophila deflexaMycetophila deflexa2022Phronia cinerascensPhronia cinerascens2022Phronia cinerascensPhronia cinerascens2022Mycetophila ocellusMycetophila ocellus2022Mycetophila ocellusMycetophila ocellus2022Exechia seriataExechia seriata2022Exechia seriataExechia seriata2022Exechiopsis clypeataExechiopsis clypeata2022Exechiopsis clypeataExechiopsis clypeata2022Exechia exiguaExechia exigua2022Exechia exiguaExechia exigua2022Mycetophila strigataMycetophila strigata2022Mycetophila strigataMycetophila strigata2022Phronia conformisPhronia conformis2022Phronia conformisPhronia conformis2022Pseudexechia tuomikoskiiPseudexechia tuomikoskii2022Pseudexechia tuomikoskiiPseudexechia tuomikoskii2022Phronia triangularisPhronia triangularis2022Phronia triangularisPhronia triangularis2022Tarnania nemoralisTarnania nemoralis2022Tarnania nemoralisTarnania nemoralis2022Mycomya flavicollisMycomya flavicollis2022Mycomya flavicollisMycomya flavicollis2022Mycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curviseta2022Mycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curviseta2022Boletina sciarinaBoletina sciarina2022Boletina sciarinaBoletina sciarina2022Allodiopsis rusticaAllodiopsis rustica2022Allodiopsis rusticaAllodiopsis rustica2022Exechiopsis dumitrescaeExechiopsis dumitrescae2022Exechiopsis dumitrescaeExechiopsis dumitrescae2022Boletina griphaBoletina gripha2022Boletina griphaBoletina gripha2022Mycetophila britannicaMycetophila britannica2022Mycetophila britannicaMycetophila britannica2022Sceptonia flavipunctaSceptonia flavipuncta2022Sceptonia flavipunctaSceptonia flavipuncta2022Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2022Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2022Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2022EristalisEristalis2022EristalisEristalis2022SyrphusSyrphus2022SyrphusSyrphus2022Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2022Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2022Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2022Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2022Delia platuraDelia platura2022Delia platuraDelia platura2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2022Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica2022Macrocera stigmaMacrocera stigma2022Macrocera stigmaMacrocera stigma2022Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata2022Botanophila striolataBotanophila striolata2022Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2022Macrocera anglicaMacrocera anglica2022Macrocera anglicaMacrocera anglica2022Macrocera phalerataMacrocera phalerata2022Macrocera phalerataMacrocera phalerata2022Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2022Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2022Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2022Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2022Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2021Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2021Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2021Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2020Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2020Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2020Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2020Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2020Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2020Events & activities nearby
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