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Getting here
51.05024, -3.52938
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ 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
- 🐦49+ 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Robin, Pheasant +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Robin, Pheasant +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Black Snipefly, Meadow Brown +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Common Bent, Red Fescue +76 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Beefsteak Fungus, Bulbous Honey Fungus, Sulphur Tuft +4 more · last seen 2018
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational 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 route69 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,646 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,646 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Flycatcher · Swallow · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +35
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Turdus viscivorus viscivorusTurdus viscivorus viscivorus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Red Deer · Wood Mouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Odontocerum albicorne +23
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Groundsel · Dandelion · Daisy · Welsh Poppy · Ivy-leaved Toadflax
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DandelionTaraxacum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,646 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Flycatcher · Swallow · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird +35
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Turdus viscivorus viscivorusTurdus viscivorus viscivorus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Brown Long-eared Bat · Red Deer · Wood Mouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Red DeerCervus elaphus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Eristalis pertinax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Odontocerum albicorne +23
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Groundsel · Dandelion · Daisy · Welsh Poppy · Ivy-leaved Toadflax
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DandelionTaraxacum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
