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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.89932, -3.83278
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 146m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 146m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Goldfinch, Wren +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Church of St. James; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Goldfinch, Wren +61 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Gatekeeper +22 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCT
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Blackwalls Lanepublic footpath · 168 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 168 mPath type: residential
Photos
St James's Church grounds, Chawleigh
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,244 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,244 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Wren +37
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2019
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Pygmy Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2019▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Small White · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper +8
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io
Red Campion · Germander Speedwell · Male-fern · Butterfly-bush · Bramble +43
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2019
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,244 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Wren +37
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2019
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Pygmy Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2019▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Southern Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Small White · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper +8
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- PeacockAglais io
Red Campion · Germander Speedwell · Male-fern · Butterfly-bush · Bramble +43
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2019
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Oil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloeBlack Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2023Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2023Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae20192019
2019
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2019Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2019Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019BetonyBetonica officinalis2019BetonyBetonica officinalis2019Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2019Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2019Rosa caninaRosa canina2019Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2019Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2019Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2019Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2019Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2019Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2019Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2019BroomCytisus scoparius2019BroomCytisus scoparius2019SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2019Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2019Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2019Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2019Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2019Scots PinePinus sylvestris2019Scots PinePinus sylvestris2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019BeechFagus sylvatica2019Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2019Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2019Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2019Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2019Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2019Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2019BugleAjuga reptans2019BugleAjuga reptans2019Boreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei2019Boreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019BrackenPteridium aquilinum2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2019SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2019Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019DandelionTaraxacum2019DandelionTaraxacum2019Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2019Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019Events & activities nearby
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