Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.93720, -3.03826
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren 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
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren 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 — Wren, Robin, Blackbird +42 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Wren, Robin, Blackbird +42 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +179 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Dilated Scalewort +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route
Herepath Trail - ThurlbearWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route15.6 km▾
Named routeRef 33Length 15.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
16 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 607 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 607 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Photos
Fallen tree, Castle Neroche
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Grasshopper
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Wild Service-tree · Eyebright · Dilated Scalewort · Common Feather-moss · Great Wood-rush +5
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2024
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,299 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Grasshopper
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Wild Service-tree · Eyebright · Dilated Scalewort · Common Feather-moss · Great Wood-rush +5
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2024
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
PignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaWild MadderRubia peregrinaWild MadderRubia peregrinaEvents & activities nearby
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