Pixford Fruit Farm (Higher Barn)
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.06517, -3.20335
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Pixford Fruit Farm (Higher Barn) on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Pixford Fruit Farm (Higher Barn) on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Taunton Deane Circular Walk 1Walking route▾
Named routeRef TD1Local walking route
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
West Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDWRegional walking route
Photos
Bishop’s Lydeard: Paxford Fruit Farm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,659 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,659 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Collared Dove +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects29 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Melanostoma mellinum · Cheilosia albitarsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug +24
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Unaspis euonymi
California Brome
- California BromeCeratochloa carinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,659 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Collared Dove +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐝Insects29 species
springautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Melanostoma mellinum · Cheilosia albitarsis · 7-spot Ladybird · Box Bug +24
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2025
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Unaspis euonymi
California Brome
- California BromeCeratochloa carinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Unaspis euonymi2025
Unaspis euonymi2025
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