Morchard Bishop Playing Field
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85840, -3.74710
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 119m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 119m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Robin, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Swallow, Robin, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Large White +110 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, daffodils, Lesser Celandine +109 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Park Lanepublic footpath · 523 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 523 mPath type: footway
Photos
Terraced cottages, Morchard Bishop
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,274 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,274 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Swift · Fieldfare · House Sparrow · Chiffchaff +39
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2019
Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White · Willow Beauty · Straw Dot +32
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2017
- Straw DotRivula sericealis2017
- SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Bristle Club-rush · Norway Maple · Rum Cherry
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2019
- Rum CherryPrunus serotina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,274 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Swift · Fieldfare · House Sparrow · Chiffchaff +39
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2019
Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White · Willow Beauty · Straw Dot +32
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2017
- Straw DotRivula sericealis2017
- SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Bristle Club-rush · Norway Maple · Rum Cherry
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2019
- Rum CherryPrunus serotina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2017
2017
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2017Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2017Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017Early ThornSelenia dentaria2017Early ThornSelenia dentaria2017Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2017Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2017Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2017Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2017Blood-veinTimandra comae2017Blood-veinTimandra comae2017Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2017Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2017Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2017Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2017Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2017Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2017Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2017Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2017Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2017Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2017Common WaveCabera exanthemata2017Common WaveCabera exanthemata2017Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2017Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2017Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2017Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2017Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2017Pebble Hook-tipDrepana falcataria2017ClayMythimna ferrago2017ClayMythimna ferrago2017DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2017DrinkerEuthrix potatoria2017Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2017Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2017Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2017Dot MothMelanchra persicariae2017SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2017SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2017Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2017Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2017Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2017Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2017Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2017Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2017Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017Garden TigerArctia caja2017Garden TigerArctia caja2017Events & activities nearby
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