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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.92385, -3.09720
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mallard
- ✦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 — Moorhen, Mallard, Little Grebe +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Little Grebe +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Large White, Red Admiral +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bifid Crestwort, Common Smoothcap, River Feather-moss +55 more · last seen 2018
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - Blagdon HillWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Little Grebe · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Coal Tit · Robin +38
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Natterer's Bat
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Cercopis vulnerata · Green Shieldbug · Eyed Ladybird · Stenocorus meridianus · Green Dock Beetle +16
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common Darter
Common Nettle · Bramble · Bracken · Perennial Rye-grass · Ground-elder +37
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
- White Clover
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Little Grebe · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Coal Tit · Robin +38
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Natterer's Bat
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Cercopis vulnerata · Green Shieldbug · Eyed Ladybird · Stenocorus meridianus · Green Dock Beetle +16
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
- Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common Darter
Common Nettle · Bramble · Bracken · Perennial Rye-grass · Ground-elder +37
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
- White Clover
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea2024Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Pachytodes cerambyciformisPachytodes cerambyciformis2024Pachytodes cerambyciformisPachytodes cerambyciformis2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica2024Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2024Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2024Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2024Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2024Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2024Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Trifolium repens2024
Trifolium repens2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024PignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2024Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Events & activities nearby
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