Market cross 4m west of North Tawton church tower
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.79964, -3.89692
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦38+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 204m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin +35 more · last seen 2022
Free
Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin +35 more · last seen 2022
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Chickweed, Red Dead-nettle, Dandelion +62 more · last seen 2021
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST PETER
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Carabus problematicus, Oil Beetle, Red Admiral +7 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Letheren's Lanepublic footpath · 120 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 120 mPath type: track
Bouchers Hillpublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mPath type: residential
Photos
Upright of a stone cross in North Tawton churchyard
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,937 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,937 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2022▾
Blackcap · Blackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +33
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- SwiftApus apus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- OtterLutra lutra
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2021
Carabus problematicus · Oil Beetle · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White +5
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Oil BeetleMeloe2022
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Date Waxcap
- Date WaxcapHygrocybe spadicea
🌿Plants65 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Common Chickweed · Red Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Himalayan Balsam · Common Blue-sow-thistle +60
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2020
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2020
- DandelionTaraxacum2020
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla
- Scarlet Pimpernel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,937 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2022▾
Blackcap · Blackbird · Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +33
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- SwiftApus apus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- OtterLutra lutra
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2021
Carabus problematicus · Oil Beetle · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White +5
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Oil BeetleMeloe2022
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Date Waxcap
- Date WaxcapHygrocybe spadicea
🌿Plants65 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Common Chickweed · Red Dead-nettle · Dandelion · Himalayan Balsam · Common Blue-sow-thistle +60
- Common ChickweedStellaria media2020
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2020
- DandelionTaraxacum2020
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla
- Scarlet Pimpernel
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Lysimachia arvensis2020
Lysimachia arvensis2020
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2020Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2020IvyHedera helix2020IvyHedera helix2020Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2020Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2020Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2020Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2020BugleAjuga reptans2020BugleAjuga reptans2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2020Common SorrelRumex acetosa2020Common SorrelRumex acetosa2020CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2020CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2020Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2020Green Field-speedwellVeronica agrestis2020Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2020Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2020Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2020Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2020Wood AvensGeum urbanum2020Wood AvensGeum urbanum2020Symphytum officinale subsp. officinaleSymphytum officinale subsp. officinale2020Symphytum officinale subsp. officinaleSymphytum officinale subsp. officinale2020Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2020Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2020Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2020Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2020Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2020Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta2020Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2020Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2020Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2020PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2020Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2020Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Greater PlantainPlantago major2020Greater PlantainPlantago major2020Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2020Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2020FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2020Common WhitebeamSorbus aria2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2020Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2020Musk-mallowMalva moschata2020Musk-mallowMalva moschata2020KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2020KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2020GorseUlex europaeus2020GorseUlex europaeus2020False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2020False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2020Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2020Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2020Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2020Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2020Fat-henChenopodium album2020Fat-henChenopodium album2020Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2020Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2020Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2020Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2020Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2020Scots PinePinus sylvestris2020Scots PinePinus sylvestris2020Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2020Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii2020Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2020Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2020Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2020Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2020Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020YarrowAchillea millefolium2020YarrowAchillea millefolium2020Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2020Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2020Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2020Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2020Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2020Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2020Common BentAgrostis capillaris2020Common BentAgrostis capillaris2020BetonyBetonica officinalis2020BetonyBetonica officinalis2020Curled DockRumex crispus2020Curled DockRumex crispus2020Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2020Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2020SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2020SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2020Hedge BedstrawGalium album2020Hedge BedstrawGalium album2020Tufted VetchVicia cracca2020Tufted VetchVicia cracca2020Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.