Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.03562, -2.83188
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chiffchaff
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Kitchen at the Wharf — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chiffchaff
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Kitchen at the Wharf — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Chiffchaff, Blackbird +82 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Robin, Chiffchaff, Blackbird +82 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Lesser Stag Beetle +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Slender Bristle-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia +58 more · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
River Parrett TrailWalking route80 km▾
Named routeRef RPTLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Somerset CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Cycle Network route 339Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 339National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route8.9 km▾
Named routeRef 339Length 8.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route468 m▾
Named routeRef 339Length 468 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
River Parrett at Cockle Moor, Langport
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
19,681 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,681 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Lapwing · Starling · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush +36
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TealAnas crecca
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Glow-worm · Southern Hawker · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Great Green Bush-cricket
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Common Chickweed · Hairy St John's-wort · Cleavers · Wayfaring-tree · Cowslip +120
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,681 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Lapwing · Starling · Carrion Crow · Song Thrush +36
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TealAnas crecca
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Glow-worm · Southern Hawker · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Great Green Bush-cricket
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima
Common Chickweed · Hairy St John's-wort · Cleavers · Wayfaring-tree · Cowslip +120
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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