Henry Davey Playing Field
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.17624, -3.32621
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blackcap +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blackcap +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
Monk's Path to Home Farm Blue AnchorWalking route▾
Named routeRef MPBALocal 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
Woodland Roadpublic footpath · 229 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 229 mPath type: residential
Churchill Waypublic footpath · 145 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 145 mPath type: residential
Woodland Roadpublic footpath · 17 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 17 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Steam Coast TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Watchet's South Road/Woodlands Road area
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
29,491 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +37
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Harlequin Ladybird · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Volucella inanis · Dark Bush-cricket +2
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Danish Scurvygrass · Common Sedge · Common Soft-brome · Caper Spurge · Creeping Cinquefoil +5
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
- Common SedgeCarex nigra
- Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Smooth Sow-thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +37
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great TitParus major2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Harlequin Ladybird · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Volucella inanis · Dark Bush-cricket +2
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Danish Scurvygrass · Common Sedge · Common Soft-brome · Caper Spurge · Creeping Cinquefoil +5
- Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
- Common SedgeCarex nigra
- Common Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- Smooth Sow-thistle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Sonchus oleraceus
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