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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.98543, -4.27415
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Swift
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Swift
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Swift, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Swift, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Phlyctis argena, Lecanora jamesii, Leptogium cyanescens +42 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Hawthorn, Rowan +284 more · last seen 2016
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Alwington, St. Andrew's Church: South chancel doorway (detail) 2
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,471 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,471 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Swallow · Blue Tit +41
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2018
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2019
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2019▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Green-veined White · Broad-bodied Chaser +18
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021
Wild Angelica · Marsh Ragwort · Tufted Vetch · Rowan · Hawthorn +44
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,471 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Swallow · Blue Tit +41
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2018
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2018
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Noctule
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2019
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2019
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2019▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red Admiral · Peacock · Small White · Green-veined White · Broad-bodied Chaser +18
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021
Wild Angelica · Marsh Ragwort · Tufted Vetch · Rowan · Hawthorn +44
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas