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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
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Getting here
51.18797, -2.54792
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Hornet Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
Hill Lanepublic footpath · 146 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 146 mPath type: footway
Barrendown Lanepublic footpath · 220 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 220 mPath type: footway
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Shepton Mallet War Memorial
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Wildlife to spot
16,751 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,751 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +25
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
Procumbent Pearlwort · Broad-leaved Dock · Annual Meadow-grass · Greater Plantain · Lesser Celandine +125
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,751 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +25
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
Procumbent Pearlwort · Broad-leaved Dock · Annual Meadow-grass · Greater Plantain · Lesser Celandine +125
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas