St Mary Magdalen's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.91181, -3.86959
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 193m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 193m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +24 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Himalayan Balsam +119 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Photos
Chulmleigh, St. Mary Magdalene's Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,967 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,967 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Great Tit +50
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Badger · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Banded Demoiselle · Violet Oil-beetle · Oil Beetle · Phasia hemiptera · Cercopis vulnerata +6
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Oil BeetleMeloe
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
🌿Plants2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Himalayan Balsam · Germander Speedwell
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,967 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · Great Tit +50
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Badger · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Banded Demoiselle · Violet Oil-beetle · Oil Beetle · Phasia hemiptera · Cercopis vulnerata +6
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Oil BeetleMeloe
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
🌿Plants2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Himalayan Balsam · Germander Speedwell
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Painted Lady
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui2019
Vanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Events & activities nearby
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