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Getting here
51.12619, -3.62633
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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 House Martin and Swift
- ✦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
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Martin and Swift
- ✦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 — House Martin, Swift, Swallow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Martin, Swift, Swallow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Common Tamarisk-moss, Springy Turf-moss +109 more · last seen 2020
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 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
Walking in Exmoor: Day TwoWalking route25.6 km▾
Named routeLength 25.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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The River Exe below Road Castle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,898 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,898 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Goldfinch · Swift · House Martin · Wren +44
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Carabus arvensis
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2023
Black Spleenwort · Dryopteris borreri · Polypody · Hairy Bitter-cress · French Crane's-bill +46
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2023
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2022
- French Crane's-billGeranium endressii
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,898 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Goldfinch · Swift · House Martin · Wren +44
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Carabus arvensis
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2023
Black Spleenwort · Dryopteris borreri · Polypody · Hairy Bitter-cress · French Crane's-bill +46
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2023
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2022
- French Crane's-billGeranium endressii
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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