Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85334, -3.88091
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pied Wagtail
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pied Wagtail
- ✦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 — Carrion Crow, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw +59 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Tree Bumblebee +42 more · last seen 2021
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Snowdrop, daffodils +89 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Gratton Lanepublic footpath · 604 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 604 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Tomsclose Lanebridleway · 168 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 168 mPath type: service
Photos
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Brushford
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,105 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,105 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +44
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Otter · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2021▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Tephrochlamys flavipes · Bumblebee +6
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- Tephrochlamys flavipesTephrochlamys flavipes
- BumblebeeBombus2020
Great Burnet
- Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,105 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +44
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Otter · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2021▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Tephrochlamys flavipes · Bumblebee +6
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- Tephrochlamys flavipesTephrochlamys flavipes
- BumblebeeBombus2020
Great Burnet
- Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tree Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Bombus hypnorum2020
Bombus hypnorum2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Events & activities nearby
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