Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.20986, -3.54925
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Periwinkle Cottage — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Periwinkle Cottage — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Azure Damselfly +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Selfheal +155 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Selworthy Circular Pink Route, Holnicote EstateWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Selworthy and Bury Castle circular walkWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Webber's Post wanderWalking route1.6 km▾
Named routeLength 1.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Bossington Circular Pink Route, Holnicote EstateWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Horner Wood ancient trees walkWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route597 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 597 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
N/ACycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route135 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 135 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
N/ACycling route508 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 508 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Selworthy Combebridleway · 375 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 375 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Selworthy Combebridleway · 4 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 4 mSurface rockPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,200 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,200 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +11
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Back-Swimmer
🌿Plants15 species
wintersummer
2025▾
daffodils · Field Penny-cress · Corn Spurrey · Marsh Cudweed · Common Couch +10
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2024
- Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2024
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Fat-henChenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,200 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +11
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Back-Swimmer
🌿Plants15 species
wintersummer
2025▾
daffodils · Field Penny-cress · Corn Spurrey · Marsh Cudweed · Common Couch +10
- daffodilsNarcissus
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2024
- Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2024
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Fat-henChenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaAgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoriaPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisPerennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensisSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataPheasant's-eye DaffodilNarcissus poeticusPheasant's-eye DaffodilNarcissus poeticusGreater SnowdropGalanthus elwesiiGreater SnowdropGalanthus elwesiiEarly Meadow-grassPoa infirmaEarly Meadow-grassPoa infirmaTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024Norway MapleAcer platanoides2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024Events & activities nearby
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