Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
50.81320, -2.73120
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw 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
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: THE MANOR HOUSE AND STABLE BLOCK
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Woodpigeon +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Common Cockchafer, Common Blue Damselfly +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 47 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
River Parrett TrailWalking route80 km▾
Named routeRef RPTLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
W21/69public footpath · 20 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 20 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
W21/69public footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
Windy Ridgepublic footpath · 88 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
W21/59bridleway · 110 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 110 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Crooked Lane & Br. 74bridleway · 628 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 628 mSurface gravelPath type: track
W21/19bridleway · 626 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 626 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway
W21/18bridleway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmSurface grassPath type: bridleway
Photos
Beaminster: Manor Cottage
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
28,841 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,841 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Wren · Greenfinch +19
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Long-eared Bat · Pygmy Shrew
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus2024
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects64 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Common Cockchafer · Common Blue Damselfly · Limnephilus lunatus · Emperor Dragonfly +59
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,841 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Wren · Greenfinch +19
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Grey Long-eared Bat · Pygmy Shrew
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus2024
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects64 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Common Cockchafer · Common Blue Damselfly · Limnephilus lunatus · Emperor Dragonfly +59
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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