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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
50.99953, -3.77153
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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 Pheasant and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground on site — 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 Pheasant and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝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 — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Black Spleenwort, Prickly Sow-thistle +283 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Red Admiral +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Molton Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef SMCTLocal walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Interior, St Mary's Church, Bishop's Nympton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,553 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,553 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pheasant · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +6
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2021
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2020
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2018
Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Large White · Speckled Wood +7
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Bluebell · Pignut · Hairy Bitter-cress · Purple Toadflax · Sharp-flowered Rush +92
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- PignutConopodium majus
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,553 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pheasant · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +6
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2019
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2021
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2020
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2018
Small White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Large White · Speckled Wood +7
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Bluebell · Pignut · Hairy Bitter-cress · Purple Toadflax · Sharp-flowered Rush +92
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- PignutConopodium majus
- Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
- Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
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pseudacorusPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaBetonyBetonica officinalisBetonyBetonica officinalisBog StitchwortStellaria alsineBog StitchwortStellaria alsineRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaThyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifoliaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaBoxBuxus sempervirensBoxBuxus sempervirensWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusBoreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraeiBoreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraeiGreater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataGreater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaSanicleSanicula europaeaSanicleSanicula europaeaScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumArum italicum subsp. italicumMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumThree-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrumLesser Mexican-StonecropSedum kimnachiiLesser Mexican-StonecropSedum kimnachiiSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumKeeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinataKeeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinataWild OnionAllium vinealeWild OnionAllium vinealeFat-henChenopodium 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idaeus2016Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2016Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2016HornbeamCarpinus betulus2016HornbeamCarpinus betulus2016Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2016Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2016Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2016Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2016Bristle BentAgrostis curtisii2016Bristle BentAgrostis curtisii2016Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2016Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2016Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2016Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2016GroundselSenecio vulgaris2016GroundselSenecio vulgaris2016Wild CherryPrunus avium2016Wild CherryPrunus avium2016Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2016Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2016Bell HeatherErica cinerea2016Bell HeatherErica cinerea2016Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2016Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2016Oval SedgeCarex leporina2016Oval SedgeCarex leporina2016Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2016Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2016Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2016Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2016Events & activities nearby
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