Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome48 ha
Getting here
51.17175, -3.27313
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Linnet
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Linnet
- 💜Bluebell walks 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 — Stonechat, Linnet, Meadow Pipit +76 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Linnet, Meadow Pipit +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lesser Cow-horn Bog-moss · last seen 2021
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Minotaur Beetle, Large White, Red Admiral +154 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
The Great Roadrestricted byway · 547 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 547 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Gatehouse at St Audries Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,248 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,248 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Stonechat · Linnet · Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Mistle Thrush +51
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects25 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Dock Bug +20
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,248 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Stonechat · Linnet · Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Mistle Thrush +51
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Adder · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects25 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Minotaur Beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Dock Bug +20
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes stercorarius2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Events & activities nearby
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