Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.08182, -3.24611
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +56 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Peacock +32 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Taunton Deane Circular Walk 1Walking route▾
Named routeRef TD1Local walking route
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
West Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDWRegional walking route
Muddyford Lanepublic footpath · 254 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 254 mSurface unpavedPath type: service
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Capital, Lydeard St Lawrence church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,902 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,902 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Treecreeper · Song Thrush · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +22
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Large White · Trioza centranthi +16
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Lesser Celandine · Honeysuckle · Hedera helix · Southern Wood-rush · Creeping Cinquefoil +69
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- Southern Wood-rushLuzula forsteri
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,902 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Treecreeper · Song Thrush · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +22
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2019
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- JackdawColoeus monedula2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2019
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2019
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2019
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2021
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Large White · Trioza centranthi +16
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Lesser Celandine · Honeysuckle · Hedera helix · Southern Wood-rush · Creeping Cinquefoil +69
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Hedera helixHedera helix
- Southern Wood-rushLuzula forsteri
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribisCryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2021Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribisCryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2021Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaCommon Dog-violetViola rivinianaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteadaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusMistletoeViscum album2021MistletoeViscum album2021Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaSnake's-head IrisIris tuberosaSnake's-head IrisIris tuberosaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareWild PrivetLigustrum vulgareHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaFringecupsTellima grandifloraFringecupsTellima grandifloraDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburBurdockArctiumBurdockArctiumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusHesgen LwydCarex divulsaHesgen LwydCarex divulsaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaVeronica hederifolia subsp. hederifoliaSanicleSanicula europaeaSanicleSanicula europaeaCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifoliaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2022Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2022Blue AnemoneAnemone apennina2022Blue AnemoneAnemone apennina2022Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2022Early CrocusCrocus tommasinianus2022Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2022Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022Autumn HawkweedHieracium sabaudum2021Autumn HawkweedHieracium sabaudum2021Hieracium argillaceumHieracium argillaceum2021Hieracium argillaceumHieracium argillaceum2021Events & activities nearby
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