Motte castle 80m north west of the church at Week St Mary
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.75250, -4.50152
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 259m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 259m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +163 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Shining Hookeria, Blueish Veilwort, Isothecium myosuroides +42 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 11: Bude to Crackington Haven)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Lower Squarepublic footpath · 12 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 12 mPath type: residential
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
UK:National Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 304National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route555 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 555 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route826 m▾
Named routeRef 304Length 826 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef 304Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route399 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 399 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,422 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Linnet · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Common Shrew · Red Fox · Otter +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dor Beetle · Red Mason Bee · Western Honey Bee · Band-eyed Brown Horsefly · Emperor Dragonfly +31
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes2022
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens2022
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hazel · Tutsan · Three-lobed Crowfoot · Cultivated Vetch · Marsh Ragwort +28
- HazelCorylus avellana2019
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2019
- Three-lobed CrowfootRanunculus tripartitus2019
- Cultivated VetchVicia sativa subsp. sativa
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Chaffinch · Linnet · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MagpiePica pica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Common Shrew · Red Fox · Otter +1
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- OtterLutra lutra
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dor Beetle · Red Mason Bee · Western Honey Bee · Band-eyed Brown Horsefly · Emperor Dragonfly +31
- Dor BeetleGeotrupes2022
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens2022
🌿Plants33 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hazel · Tutsan · Three-lobed Crowfoot · Cultivated Vetch · Marsh Ragwort +28
- HazelCorylus avellana2019
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum2019
- Three-lobed CrowfootRanunculus tripartitus2019
- Cultivated VetchVicia sativa subsp. sativa
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2020Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2020Broad Centurion
Broad Centurion
Chloromyia formosa2021
Chloromyia formosa2021
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2021Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2021Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2021Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2021Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Buff FootmanEilema depressa2019Buff FootmanEilema depressa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019Pinion-streaked SnoutSchrankia costaestrigalis2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Fen SawflyTenthredo omissa2019Fen SawflyTenthredo omissa2019Wavy St John's-wort
Wavy St John's-wort
Hypericum undulatum2021
Hypericum undulatum2021
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2021Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2021Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2021Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2021SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2019Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2019Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2019Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2019Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2019Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ulmus minor subsp. cornubiensisUlmus minor subsp. cornubiensis2019Ulmus minor subsp. cornubiensisUlmus minor subsp. cornubiensis2019Common DuckweedLemna minor2019Common DuckweedLemna minor2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2019Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2019Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2019Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2019Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2019Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2019Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2019Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2019Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2019ElderSambucus nigra2019ElderSambucus nigra2019Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2019Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019Events & activities nearby
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