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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.80988, -3.74619
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 168m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Copplestone Cross; Historic site
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Common Red Soldier Beetle, Spotted Regal-sawfly, Broad-bodied Chaser +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,877 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,877 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
Rabbit · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Spotted Regal-sawfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Oak Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper +7
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Corizus hyoscyami
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,877 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
Rabbit · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Spotted Regal-sawfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Oak Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper +7
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
- Corizus hyoscyami
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Corizus hyoscyami2024
Corizus hyoscyami2024
Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2023Phaonia rufiventrisPhaonia rufiventris2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Events & activities nearby
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