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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.01517, -4.24733
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Darter, Gatekeeper +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Appledore Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACT
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
24 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 route294 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 294 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
St Helen's church, Abbotsham - interior looking east
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Wildlife to spot
10,983 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,983 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn OwlTyto alba
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +19
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,983 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn OwlTyto alba
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +19
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Emerald Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Lestes sponsa
Lestes sponsa
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiGolden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltoniiSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBicolorous SawflyHemichroa australisBicolorous SawflyHemichroa australisChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo