St Mary Magdalene's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.13439, -3.63414
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Martin and Swift
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Martin and Swift
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Martin, Swift, Swallow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — House Martin, Swift, Swallow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Green-veined White, Speckled Wood +25 more · last seen 2024
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Larger Mouse-tail Moss, Forked Veilwort +55 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Horner Wood ancient trees walkWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Dunkery and Horner Wood circular walkWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmLocal walking route
Walking in Exmoor: Day TwoWalking route25.6 km▾
Named routeLength 25.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Rock Lanepublic footpath · 470 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 470 mPath type: footway
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Combe Lanebridleway · 87 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 87 mPath type: residential
Combe Lanebridleway · 279 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 279 mPath type: track
Monk Crossbridleway · 368 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 368 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Exford
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,460 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Goldfinch · Swift · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +45
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Carabus arvensis
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2023
Rough Meadow-grass · Black Spleenwort · Dryopteris borreri · Polypody · Hairy Bitter-cress +42
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2023
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2022
- French Crane's-billGeranium endressii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,460 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Goldfinch · Swift · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +45
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesii2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Carabus arvensis
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2023
Rough Meadow-grass · Black Spleenwort · Dryopteris borreri · Polypody · Hairy Bitter-cress +42
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2023
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2022
- French Crane's-billGeranium endressii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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