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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
51.00430, -3.07554
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Swift
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Swift
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Swift, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Peregrine, Swift, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Cobalt Crust, Pyrenopeziza escharodes, Crystal Brain +40 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Gatekeeper +132 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
Somerset Space WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Taunton Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef THTLocal walking route
Herepath Trail - ThurlbearWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route
Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route▾
Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route
Mulberry Closepublic footpath · 64 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 64 mPath type: residential
Mulberry Closepublic footpath · 72 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mPath type: residential
Streamsidepublic footpath · 2 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 2 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route599 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 599 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route85 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,441 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,441 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow +30
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects35 species
springsummer
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Chrysotoxum cautum +30
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025
- Eristalis tenax
Sea Barley · Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Least Yellow-sorrel · Giant Blackberry · Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +44
- Sea BarleyHordeum marinum
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2024
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2024
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2024
- Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,441 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard · Carrion Crow +30
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Pipistrelle Bat species
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects35 species
springsummer
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Chrysotoxum cautum +30
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025
- Eristalis tenax
Sea Barley · Small-flowered Crane's-bill · Least Yellow-sorrel · Giant Blackberry · Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +44
- Sea BarleyHordeum marinum
- Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
- Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2024
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus2024
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2024
- Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2025Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025EumerusEumerus2025EumerusEumerus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens2025Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2025Meligramma guttatumMeligramma guttatum2025Meligramma guttatumMeligramma guttatum2025Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2025Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025CheilosiaCheilosia2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2024Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20242024
2024
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2024Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2024Garden SpeedwellVeronica longifoliaGarden SpeedwellVeronica longifoliaArgentinian VervainVerbena bonariensisArgentinian VervainVerbena bonariensisPeanutArachis hypogaeaPeanutArachis hypogaeaStrawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferumStrawberry CloverTrifolium fragiferumPale GalingaleCyperus eragrostisPale GalingaleCyperus eragrostisHare's-tailLagurus ovatusHare's-tailLagurus ovatusCalifornian PoppyEschscholzia californicaCalifornian PoppyEschscholzia californicaKnotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosaKnotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosaDwarf MallowMalva neglectaDwarf MallowMalva neglectaCeratostigma plumbaginoidesCeratostigma plumbaginoidesCeratostigma plumbaginoidesCeratostigma plumbaginoidesWalnutJuglans regiaWalnutJuglans regiaNemesia denticulataNemesia denticulataNemesia denticulataNemesia denticulataBur ChervilAnthriscus caucalisBur ChervilAnthriscus caucalisCabbage-palmCordyline australis2024Cabbage-palmCordyline australis2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024Beautiful-leaved DandelionTaraxacum pulchrifolium2024Beautiful-leaved DandelionTaraxacum pulchrifolium2024Taraxacum ronaeTaraxacum ronae2024Taraxacum ronaeTaraxacum ronae2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Water BentPolypogon viridis2024Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Dappled HawkweedHieracium scotostictum2024Dappled HawkweedHieracium scotostictum2024Wild OnionAllium vineale2024Wild OnionAllium vineale2024TansyTanacetum vulgare2024TansyTanacetum vulgare2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024Bearded CouchElymus caninus2024Bearded CouchElymus caninus2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2024SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2024Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024Stone ParsleySison amomum2024Stone ParsleySison amomum2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2024Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2024Sagina apetalaSagina apetala2024Sagina apetalaSagina apetala2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2024Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros2024Events & activities nearby
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