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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.24459, -2.34588
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: HAPSFORD HOUSE
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +147 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Colliers WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 24 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route37 m▾
Named routeLength 37 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeLength 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,935 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,935 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron +31
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Beaver · Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle +55
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
🌿Plants7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wall Barley · Lady's Bedstraw · Hoary Plantain · Shaggy Soldier · Hawkweed +2
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Hoary PlantainPlantago media
- Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
- HawkweedHieracium
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,935 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron +31
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Beaver · Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle +55
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
🌿Plants7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wall Barley · Lady's Bedstraw · Hoary Plantain · Shaggy Soldier · Hawkweed +2
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Hoary PlantainPlantago media
- Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
- HawkweedHieracium
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera nobilis2025
Oedemera nobilis2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataRough Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus rugosostriatus2025Rough Strawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus rugosostriatus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2025Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2025Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis2025Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis2025Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis2025Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2025Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2025Phaonia pallidaPhaonia pallida2025Phaonia pallidaPhaonia pallida2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Blue Eryngo
Blue Eryngo
Eryngium planum
Eryngium planum
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