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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha
Getting here
51.35456, -2.91592
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 243m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 243m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Rock Dove +69 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Ribautiana tenerrima, 7-spot Ladybird +136 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Route 33
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Round Yatton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef RYWLocal walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
Hutton Millenium WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HMWLocal walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Weston to NCN LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Pier to Pier WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Weston-super-Mare CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route856 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 856 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route117 m▾
Named routeRef 33Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
20,028 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,028 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Redwing · Lapwing · Fieldfare · Chaffinch · Swallow +20
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Red Fox
Ribautiana tenerrima · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Cabbage Bug · Scathophaga stercoraria +44
- Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Spotted-winged Drosophila
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,028 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Redwing · Lapwing · Fieldfare · Chaffinch · Swallow +20
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Red Fox
Ribautiana tenerrima · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Cabbage Bug · Scathophaga stercoraria +44
- Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Spotted-winged Drosophila
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Drosophila suzukii
Drosophila suzukii
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaBird Cherry-oat AphidRhopalosiphum padi2025Bird Cherry-oat AphidRhopalosiphum padi2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025EumerusEumerus2025EumerusEumerus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Valenzuela flavidusValenzuela flavidus2025Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Polietes meridionalisPolietes meridionalis2025Polietes meridionalisPolietes meridionalis2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2025Palloptera ustulataPalloptera ustulata2025Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025Brevicoryne brassicaeBrevicoryne brassicae2025Ribautiana debilisRibautiana debilis2025Ribautiana debilisRibautiana debilis2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Deer KedLipoptena cervi2025Deer KedLipoptena cervi2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Acletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025Acletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2025Crepidodera aureaCrepidodera aurea2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025