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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.91629, -4.06103
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Tawny Owl
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦34+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Tawny Owl
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Raven, Tawny Owl, Swift +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE AND ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Raven, Tawny Owl, Swift +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Usnea ceratina, Peltigera hymenina, Trapeliopsis flexuosa +82 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cheumatopsyche lepida, Polycentropus flavomaculatus, Tipula montium +231 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Jacobaea, Common Mouse-ear +260 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Biddamoor Lanepublic footpath · 635 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 635 mPath type: track
Towell Lanepublic footpath · 386 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 386 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
9 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 route997 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 997 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
Main RouteCycling route934 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 934 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St George and All Saints church, Beaford
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,196 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,196 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Peregrine · Swallow +8
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Brown Hare
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects116 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Tipula couckei · Athyroglossa glabra · Violet Oil-beetle +111
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
- Tipula couckeiTipula couckei
- Athyroglossa glabraAthyroglossa glabra
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Banded Demoiselle
Common Mouse-ear
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,196 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Peregrine · Swallow +8
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Brown Hare
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects116 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · White-legged Damselfly · Tipula couckei · Athyroglossa glabra · Violet Oil-beetle +111
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024
- Tipula couckeiTipula couckei
- Athyroglossa glabraAthyroglossa glabra
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Banded Demoiselle
Common Mouse-ear
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calopteryx splendens2024
Calopteryx splendens2024
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cibariaNeria cibariaNeria cibariaNeria cibariaMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataMurky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybataSeioptera vibransSeioptera vibransSeioptera vibransSeioptera vibransBicellaria vanaBicellaria vanaBicellaria vanaBicellaria vanaSchoenomyza litorellaSchoenomyza litorellaSchoenomyza litorellaSchoenomyza litorellaHelina calceataHelina calceataHelina calceataHelina calceataPlatypalpus optivusPlatypalpus optivusPlatypalpus optivusPlatypalpus optivusRhamphomyia crassirostrisRhamphomyia crassirostrisRhamphomyia crassirostrisRhamphomyia crassirostrisHilara fuscipesHilara fuscipesHilara fuscipesHilara fuscipesPhaonia palpataPhaonia palpataPhaonia palpataPhaonia palpataPhaonia halterataPhaonia halterataPhaonia halterataPhaonia halterataThemira lucidaThemira lucidaThemira lucidaThemira lucidaEgle minutaEgle minutaEgle minutaEgle minutaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaLeucophora sponsaLeucophora sponsaLeucophora sponsaLeucophora sponsaPhorbia moliniarisPhorbia moliniarisPhorbia moliniarisPhorbia moliniarisScathophaga furcataScathophaga furcataScathophaga furcataScathophaga furcataPegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirmaDicranota robustaDicranota robustaDicranota robustaDicranota robustaScatella stagnalisScatella stagnalisScatella stagnalisScatella stagnalisDiastata nebulosaDiastata nebulosaDiastata nebulosaDiastata nebulosaEmpis albohirtaEmpis albohirtaEmpis albohirtaEmpis albohirtaParadelia intersectaParadelia intersectaParadelia intersectaParadelia intersectaSepsis punctumSepsis punctumSepsis punctumSepsis punctumPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Mycetophila marginataMycetophila marginata2024Mycetophila marginataMycetophila marginata2024Diadocidia ferruginosaDiadocidia ferruginosa2024Diadocidia ferruginosaDiadocidia ferruginosa2024Boletina rejectaBoletina rejecta2024Boletina rejectaBoletina rejecta2024Phronia nigricornisPhronia nigricornis2024Phronia nigricornisPhronia nigricornis2024Mycetophila formosaMycetophila formosa2024Mycetophila formosaMycetophila formosa2024Mycetophila fraternaMycetophila fraterna2024Mycetophila fraternaMycetophila fraterna2024Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2024Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2024Macrocera phalerataMacrocera phalerata2024Macrocera phalerataMacrocera phalerata2024Mycetophila ocellusMycetophila ocellus2024Mycetophila ocellusMycetophila ocellus2024Phronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuata2024Phronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuata2024Mycomya cinerascensMycomya cinerascens2024Mycomya cinerascensMycomya cinerascens2024Palaeodocosia vittataPalaeodocosia vittata2024Palaeodocosia vittataPalaeodocosia vittata2024Bolitophila saundersiiBolitophila saundersii2024Bolitophila saundersiiBolitophila saundersii2024Exechiopsis subulataExechiopsis subulata2024Exechiopsis subulataExechiopsis subulata2024Mycetophila vittipesMycetophila vittipes2024Mycetophila vittipesMycetophila vittipes2024Mycomya annulataMycomya annulata2024Mycomya annulataMycomya annulata2024Orfelia nemoralisOrfelia nemoralis2024Orfelia nemoralisOrfelia nemoralis2024Allodiopsis rusticaAllodiopsis rustica2024Allodiopsis rusticaAllodiopsis rustica2024Rhabdomastix eugeniRhabdomastix eugeni2024Rhabdomastix eugeniRhabdomastix eugeni2024Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2024Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa2024Neolimonia dumetorumNeolimonia dumetorum2024Neolimonia dumetorumNeolimonia dumetorum2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Molophilus ochraceusMolophilus ochraceus2024Molophilus ochraceusMolophilus ochraceus2024Gonempeda flavaGonempeda flava2024Gonempeda flavaGonempeda flava2024Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2024Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2024Southern 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sinuata2021Sarcophaga sinuataSarcophaga sinuata2021Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2021Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2021Erioconopa trivialisErioconopa trivialis2021Erioconopa trivialisErioconopa trivialis2021Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2021Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2021Orthonevra nobilisOrthonevra nobilis2021Orthonevra nobilisOrthonevra nobilis2021Events & activities nearby
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