Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome66 ha
Getting here
51.17979, -3.16244
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Wren
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Wren
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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 — Blackbird, Wren, Dunnock +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Dunnock +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +35 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lyell's Bristle-moss, Tender Feather-moss, Cape Thread-moss +34 more · last seen 2021
Free
Grade II* listed building: FAIRFIELD HOUSE
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Castles & Coast WayWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmLocal walking route
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
Cole Pool Lanepublic footpath · 24 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 24 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Photos
Granary, Fairfield House Estate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,313 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,313 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Dunnock · Robin · Wren · Yellowhammer +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Red Deer · Brown Hare
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Eristalis pertinax +2
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,313 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Dunnock · Robin · Wren · Yellowhammer +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Red Deer · Brown Hare
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Eristalis pertinax +2
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.