Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.06695, -3.19551
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Eristalis tenax, Beautiful Demoiselle +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Taunton Deane Circular Walk 1Walking route▾
Named routeRef TD1Local walking route
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
West Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDWRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Knapp Lanerestricted byway · 365 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 365 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,861 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,861 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Collared Dove +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects30 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Beautiful Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Cheilosia albitarsis · Large Red Damselfly +25
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
California Brome
- California BromeCeratochloa carinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,861 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Collared Dove +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects30 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Beautiful Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Cheilosia albitarsis · Large Red Damselfly +25
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
California Brome
- California BromeCeratochloa carinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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