Cross in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin's Church
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.13116, -3.34913
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Speckled Wood +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Mamillate Plait-moss, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +116 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Golden Waxcap, Lecidea turgidula, Parrot Waxcap +5 more · last seen 2017
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monk's Path to Home Farm Blue AnchorWalking route▾
Named routeRef MPBALocal walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Steam Coast TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nettlecombe
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,725 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,725 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer +1
- BatChiroptera2021
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2020
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Garden Chafer · Hairy Shieldbug · Odontocerum albicorne · Harlequin Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper +14
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Himalayan Balsam · Asymmetrical Hook-lobed Dandelion · British Dandelion · Slender Hook-lobed Dandelion · Tar-blotched Dandelion +22
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Asymmetrical Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamatiforme
- British DandelionTaraxacum britannicum
- Slender Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamatulum
- Tar-blotched DandelionTaraxacum pannulatiforme
- Gelert's DandelionTaraxacum gelertii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,725 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer +1
- BatChiroptera2021
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2020
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Garden Chafer · Hairy Shieldbug · Odontocerum albicorne · Harlequin Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper +14
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Himalayan Balsam · Asymmetrical Hook-lobed Dandelion · British Dandelion · Slender Hook-lobed Dandelion · Tar-blotched Dandelion +22
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Asymmetrical Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamatiforme
- British DandelionTaraxacum britannicum
- Slender Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamatulum
- Tar-blotched DandelionTaraxacum pannulatiforme
- Gelert's DandelionTaraxacum gelertii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Belgium Dandelion
Belgium Dandelion
Taraxacum wallonicum
Taraxacum wallonicum
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