Packhorse bridge 75m south east of The Old Vicarage
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.10526, -3.56443
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Bridge Cottage Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Bridge Cottage Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: PACKHORSE BRIDGE OVER RIVER EXE AT NGR SS 9057 3516
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Leucozona glaucia, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +102 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, American Skunk-cabbage +61 more · last seen 2021
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,646 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,646 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Wren +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Bradycellus harpalinus · Coelositona cambricus · Abax parallelepipedus · Orchid Beetle +8
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Bradycellus harpalinusBradycellus harpalinus
- Coelositona cambricusCoelositona cambricus
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Leptura quadrifasciata
Charlock · Cock's-foot · Scented Mayweed · Rough Meadow-grass · Broad-leaved Dock +82
- CharlockSinapis arvensis2022
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2022
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
- Fat-henChenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,646 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Wren +31
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
🐝Insects13 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Bradycellus harpalinus · Coelositona cambricus · Abax parallelepipedus · Orchid Beetle +8
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Bradycellus harpalinusBradycellus harpalinus
- Coelositona cambricusCoelositona cambricus
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus
- Leptura quadrifasciata
Charlock · Cock's-foot · Scented Mayweed · Rough Meadow-grass · Broad-leaved Dock +82
- CharlockSinapis arvensis2022
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
- Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2022
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
- Fat-henChenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptura quadrifasciata2023
Leptura quadrifasciata2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2022Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20222022
2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2022Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2022Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2022Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2022Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022RaspberryRubus idaeus2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022NipplewortLapsana communis2022Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2022Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022Hedera helixHedera helix2022HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumSalix caprea subsp. capreaSalix caprea subsp. capreaSalix caprea subsp. capreaSalix caprea subsp. capreaRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumOpposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifoliumSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusHedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2022Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2022ChicoryCichorium intybus2022ChicoryCichorium intybus2022FlaxLinum usitatissimum2022FlaxLinum usitatissimum2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2022Gallant SoldierGalinsoga parviflora2022Gallant SoldierGalinsoga parviflora2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2022Garden RadishRaphanus sativus2022Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2022Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia2022Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2022Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma2022Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2022Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2022RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022RedshankPersicaria maculosa2022Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2022Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2022Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium2022Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2022Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2022Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2022Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2022Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2022Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2022DaisyBellis perennis2022DaisyBellis perennis2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Field MapleAcer campestre2022Field MapleAcer campestre2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2022Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2022Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2022Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2022Rosa corymbiferaRosa corymbifera2022Rosa corymbiferaRosa corymbifera2022Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2022Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022TutsanHypericum androsaemum2022Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022Slender Parsley-piertAphanes australis2022Slender Parsley-piertAphanes australis2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022TormentilPotentilla erecta2022Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2022Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2022Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2022PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022BrambleRubus fruticosus2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022DandelionTaraxacum2022DandelionTaraxacum2022Events & activities nearby
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