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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.15659, -3.36345
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CLEEVE ABBEY, REMAINS OF CISTERCIAN ABBEY OF ST MARY COVERING ABOUT 28 ACRES; Historic site
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +54 more · last seen 2026; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Large White +106 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Flavoplaca flavocitrina, Physcia tenella, Melanelixia subaurifera +39 more · last seen 2013
Varies
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monk's Path to Home Farm Blue AnchorWalking route▾
Named routeRef MPBALocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
Shells Lanepublic footpath · 814 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 814 mPath type: footway
Monks Pathpublic footpath · 101 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 101 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Minehead to CarhamptonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Steam Coast TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,249 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,249 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Blue Tit +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians5 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Garden Chafer · Eristalis tenax +42
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Crown Vetch · Norway Maple · Creeping Thistle · Stone Parsley · Hedge Bedstraw +40
- Crown VetchSecurigera varia
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Stone ParsleySison amomum2023
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,249 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Blue Tit +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians5 species
spring
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Green Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Garden Chafer · Eristalis tenax +42
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Crown Vetch · Norway Maple · Creeping Thistle · Stone Parsley · Hedge Bedstraw +40
- Crown VetchSecurigera varia
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2023
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Stone ParsleySison amomum2023
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album2023
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media2023Greater Sea-spurreySpergularia media2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023Wild MadderRubia peregrina2023Wild MadderRubia peregrina2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023YarrowAchillea millefolium2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2023Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2023Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2023DaisyBellis perennis2023DaisyBellis perennis2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Events & activities nearby
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