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✦Heritage🍄Fungi🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85441, -3.18194
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐝46+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Red Admiral and Large White are among those observed
- ✦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
- 🐝46+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Red Admiral and Large White are among those observed
- ✦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
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Blushing Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Pointed Club +34 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Speckled Wood +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Golden Plover, Stonechat, Garden Warbler +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Broadhembury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCW1Local walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Luppitt: St. Mary's church: The organ
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,930 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,930 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds7 species
winterspring
2025▾
Golden Plover · Stonechat · Garden Warbler · Siskin · Bullfinch +2
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
Beaver
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Red Admiral · Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White · Comma +35
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Splendid Waxcap · Blushing Waxcap · Nitrous Waxcap · Hourglass Waxcap · Pointed Club +32
- Splendid WaxcapHygrocybe splendidissima
- Blushing WaxcapNeohygrocybe ovina
- Nitrous WaxcapNeohygrocybe nitrata
- Hourglass WaxcapHygrocybe constrictospora
- Pointed ClubClavaria falcata
- Apricot ClubClavulinopsis luteoalba
- Heath Waxcap
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,930 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds7 species
winterspring
2025▾
Golden Plover · Stonechat · Garden Warbler · Siskin · Bullfinch +2
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
Beaver
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Red Admiral · Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White · Comma +35
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Splendid Waxcap · Blushing Waxcap · Nitrous Waxcap · Hourglass Waxcap · Pointed Club +32
- Splendid WaxcapHygrocybe splendidissima
- Blushing WaxcapNeohygrocybe ovina
- Nitrous WaxcapNeohygrocybe nitrata
- Hourglass WaxcapHygrocybe constrictospora
- Pointed ClubClavaria falcata
- Apricot ClubClavulinopsis luteoalba
- Heath Waxcap
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraGround WeevilBarynotus obscurusGround WeevilBarynotus obscurusWestern Bee-flyBombylius canescensWestern Bee-flyBombylius canescensSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2023Water ScorpionNepa cinerea2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Gliophorus laetus
Gliophorus laetus
MushroomAgaricusMushroomAgaricusGolden SpindlesClavulinopsis fusiformisGolden SpindlesClavulinopsis fusiformisCedarwood WaxcapCuphophyllus russocoriaceusCedarwood WaxcapCuphophyllus russocoriaceusHoney WaxcapHygrocybe reidiiHoney WaxcapHygrocybe reidiiCharmer PinkgillEntoloma serrulatumCharmer PinkgillEntoloma serrulatumClavariaClavariaClavariaClavariaCrazed CapDermoloma cuneifoliumCrazed CapDermoloma cuneifoliumBeige CoralClavulinopsis umbrinellaBeige CoralClavulinopsis umbrinellaGolden WaxcapHygrocybe chlorophanaGolden WaxcapHygrocybe chlorophanaPanaeolusPanaeolusPanaeolusPanaeolusMeadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculataMeadow CoralClavulinopsis corniculataBlackening WaxcapHygrocybe conicaBlackening WaxcapHygrocybe conicaMycenaMycenaMycenaMycenaButter WaxcapHygrocybe ceraceaButter WaxcapHygrocybe ceraceaParrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinusParrot WaxcapGliophorus psittacinusSkinny ClubClavaria incarnataSkinny ClubClavaria incarnataWhite SpindlesClavaria fragilisWhite SpindlesClavaria fragilisEntoloma infulaEntoloma infulaEntoloma infulaEntoloma infulaMagic MushroomPsilocybe semilanceataMagic MushroomPsilocybe semilanceataMeadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensisMeadow WaxcapCuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensisFibrous WaxcapHygrocybe intermediaFibrous WaxcapHygrocybe intermediaEntolomaEntolomaEntolomaEntolomaSpangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipidaSpangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipidaOily WaxcapHygrocybe quietaOily WaxcapHygrocybe quietaGoblet WaxcapHygrocybe lepidaGoblet WaxcapHygrocybe lepidaSnowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineusSnowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineusSlimy WaxcapGliophorus irrigatusSlimy WaxcapGliophorus irrigatusScarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccineaScarlet WaxcapHygrocybe coccineaYellowfoot WaxcapCuphophyllus flavipesYellowfoot WaxcapCuphophyllus flavipesCrimson WaxcapHygrocybe puniceaCrimson WaxcapHygrocybe puniceaEvents & activities nearby
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