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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.77886, -3.10100
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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 Carrion Crow
- ✦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 Carrion Crow
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Ivy Bee +207 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ricasolia virens, Thelopsis corticola, Porina coralloidea +8 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum, Hawthorn +202 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Monmouth Rebellion WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef MRWRegional walking route
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Seaton Tramway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef STW
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route172 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 172 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route480 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 480 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route315 m▾
Named routeLength 315 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,077 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,077 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rook · Linnet +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
Ivy Bee · Large Red Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Glow-worm · Green Tiger Beetle +38
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2019
- Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2018
Rubus ulmifolius · Marsh Ragwort · Holly · Sycamore · English Elm +53
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- English ElmUlmus procera
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,077 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rook · Linnet +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2019
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
Ivy Bee · Large Red Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Glow-worm · Green Tiger Beetle +38
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2019
- Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2018
Rubus ulmifolius · Marsh Ragwort · Holly · Sycamore · English Elm +53
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- English ElmUlmus procera
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
