Earthwork on Church Hill
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.83120, -2.40504
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Swallow, Blackbird, Chaffinch +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Chaffinch +45 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
4 public paths 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
2,947 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,947 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · House Sparrow · Chaffinch +20
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Badger · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral +14
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Yorkshire-fog · Red Fescue · Dandelion · Red Clover · Lady's Bedstraw +33
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,947 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Blue Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · House Sparrow · Chaffinch +20
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Badger · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White · Red Admiral +14
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Yorkshire-fog · Red Fescue · Dandelion · Red Clover · Lady's Bedstraw +33
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202316-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2023Black MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaHawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioidesHawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioidesFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataClustered BellflowerCampanula glomerataCommon Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceusCommon Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceusCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusDropwortFilipendula vulgarisDropwortFilipendula vulgarisHorseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosaHorseshoe VetchHippocrepis comosaYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumLesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilisLesser HawkbitLeontodon saxatilisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSmaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertoloniiSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSpring-sedgeCarex caryophylleaSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaEvents & activities nearby
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