Iddesleigh Methodist Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85799, -4.03482
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🐕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
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Mallard
- 🐕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 — Robin, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Wood White, Common Blue +247 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hyacinthoides, Hart's-Tongue, Navelwort +17 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Hatherleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTCLocal walking route
Hatherleigh CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef HC
Park Lanepublic footpath · 1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1 kmPath type: track
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route513 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 513 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route564 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 564 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Iddesleigh Methodist chapel
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Coot · Tufted Duck · Robin +50
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Green Carpet · 14-spot Ladybird · Malachite Beetle · Potato Capsid · Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) +21
- Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
- Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Coot · Tufted Duck · Robin +50
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Green Carpet · 14-spot Ladybird · Malachite Beetle · Potato Capsid · Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) +21
- Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus
- Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
- Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Flounced ChestnutAnchoscelis helvola2019Flounced ChestnutAnchoscelis helvola2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019Common WaveCabera exanthemata2019Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Events & activities nearby
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