Old platform - Bolham Stop
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.92383, -3.49228
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dipper and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dipper, Robin, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Dipper, Robin, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ballerina, Citrine Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap +30 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Azure Damselfly, Allodia ornaticollis +97 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Swan's NeckWalking route▾
Named routeRef SN
Impey WalkWalking route▾
Tiverton Tree TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Hayne Lanepublic footpath · 1.4 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.4 kmPath type: unclassified
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
UK:National Cycle Network - west boundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route844 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 844 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Redundant Station platform at Bolham
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,339 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,339 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter +7
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,339 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter +7
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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