Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.94659, -2.51715
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cafe D'Urberville — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Cafe D'Urberville — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Wren +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Abbey Church of St Mary; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Wren +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Eristalis tenax +17 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 23 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
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Finger Lanepublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mSurface paving_stonesPath type: path
Powys Lanepublic footpath · 157 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 157 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Finger Lanepublic footpath · 64 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 64 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Somerset Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 30Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route373 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route686 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 686 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Gargoyle, Sherborne Abbey
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Herring Gull · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin +52
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Trichopsocus dalii · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax · Bay Sucker · Takecallis arundinariae +2
- Trichopsocus daliiTrichopsocus dalii
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025
- Takecallis arundinariaeTakecallis arundinariae2025
- Takecallis taiwana
Field Gromwell
- Field GromwellBuglossoides arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Herring Gull · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin +52
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects7 species
springautumn
2026▾
Trichopsocus dalii · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax · Bay Sucker · Takecallis arundinariae +2
- Trichopsocus daliiTrichopsocus dalii
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025
- Takecallis arundinariaeTakecallis arundinariae2025
- Takecallis taiwana
Field Gromwell
- Field GromwellBuglossoides arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Takecallis taiwana2025
Takecallis taiwana2025
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