New Ground - Conifer woodland
14 ha
🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.17324, -3.26518
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 88m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 88m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal 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
Perry Lanepublic footpath · 271 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 271 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Church Lanepublic footpath · 777 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 777 mSurface groundPath type: track
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
11,583 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,583 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler +43
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Red Deer
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects18 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Trioza centranthi · Dock Bug +13
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,583 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLinnet · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler +43
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Red Deer
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects18 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Trioza centranthi · Dock Bug +13
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensisCarabus arvensisCarabus arvensisViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025