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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.79998, -3.98469
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Burrow — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Burrow — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Split Porecrust, Hairy Curtain Crust, Torth Felen +138 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Silverweed, Crested Dog's-tail +153 more · last seen 2016
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 3.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St. Mary's Church, Exbourne
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4,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Pintail · Great Tit · Nuthatch +3
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PintailAnas acuta
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- SwiftApus apus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Otter · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Garden Chafer
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023
Beech Knight · Deceiver · Torth Felen · Poisonpie · Hairy Curtain Crust +75
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Beige FibrecapInocybe sindonia
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Pintail · Great Tit · Nuthatch +3
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- PintailAnas acuta
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- SwiftApus apus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Otter · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Garden Chafer
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023
Beech Knight · Deceiver · Torth Felen · Poisonpie · Hairy Curtain Crust +75
- Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Beige FibrecapInocybe sindonia
- Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
ChanterelleCantharellus cibariusChanterelleCantharellus cibariusCristulariella depraedansCristulariella depraedansCristulariella depraedansCristulariella depraedansSplit PorecrustSchizopora paradoxaSplit PorecrustSchizopora paradoxaStraw FibrecapInosperma cookeiStraw FibrecapInosperma cookeiDappled WebcapCortinarius bolarisDappled WebcapCortinarius bolarisFluted Bird's NestCyathus striatusFluted Bird's NestCyathus striatusGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumFuneral BellGalerina marginataFuneral BellGalerina marginataYellow StagshornCalocera viscosaYellow StagshornCalocera viscosaVariable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilisVariable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilisSplitgillSchizophyllum communeSplitgillSchizophyllum communeClustered ToughshankGymnopus confluensClustered ToughshankGymnopus confluensWhitelaced ShankMegacollybia platyphyllaWhitelaced ShankMegacollybia platyphyllaTwig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealisTwig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealisCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransDead Man's FingersXylaria polymorphaDead Man's FingersXylaria polymorphaDeathcapAmanita phalloidesDeathcapAmanita phalloidesHazel BracketSkeletocutis semipileataHazel BracketSkeletocutis semipileataCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaCoral SpotNectria cinnabarinaPale OysterPleurotus pulmonariusPale OysterPleurotus pulmonariusBlackening BrittlegillRussula nigricansBlackening BrittlegillRussula nigricansPale BrittlestemPsathyrella candolleanaPale BrittlestemPsathyrella candolleanaUmbellifer MildewErysiphe heracleiUmbellifer MildewErysiphe heracleiSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumSycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinumMatt FanvaultCamarophyllopsis schulzeriMatt FanvaultCamarophyllopsis schulzeriMelampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearumMelampsora caprearumChaetosphaerella phaeostromaChaetosphaerella phaeostromaChaetosphaerella phaeostromaChaetosphaerella phaeostromaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaSmoky BracketBjerkandera adustaSmoky BracketBjerkandera adustaDeer ShieldPluteus cervinusDeer ShieldPluteus cervinusScaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosumScaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosumCharred KnightTricholoma ustaloidesCharred KnightTricholoma ustaloidesBirch KnightTricholoma fulvumBirch KnightTricholoma fulvumPale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinisPale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinisTomentella ferrugineaTomentella ferrugineaTomentella ferrugineaTomentella ferrugineaBolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermusBolete MouldHypomyces chrysospermusPenny BunBoletus edulisPenny BunBoletus edulisSuede BoleteXerocomus subtomentosusSuede BoleteXerocomus subtomentosusTan EarOtidea alutaceaTan EarOtidea alutaceaPuccinia ribis-pendulaePuccinia ribis-pendulaePuccinia ribis-pendulaePuccinia ribis-pendulaeRoot RotHeterobasidion annosumRoot RotHeterobasidion annosumScopuloides rimosaScopuloides rimosaScopuloides rimosaScopuloides rimosaMaple MildewSawadaea bicornisMaple MildewSawadaea bicornisPuccinia circaeaePuccinia circaeaePuccinia circaeaePuccinia circaeaeCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinum2021Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum2021Grooved BonnetMycena polygramma2021Grooved BonnetMycena polygramma2021Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2021Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2021Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva2021Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva2021Wood HedgehogHydnum repandum2021Wood HedgehogHydnum repandum2021Nitrous BonnetMycena leptocephala2021Nitrous BonnetMycena leptocephala2021Split FibrecapPseudosperma rimosum2021Split FibrecapPseudosperma rimosum2021TurkeytailTrametes versicolor2021TurkeytailTrametes versicolor2021Cercospora mercurialisCercospora mercurialis2021Cercospora mercurialisCercospora mercurialis2021Amanita citrinaAmanita citrina2021Amanita citrinaAmanita citrina2021Marchfilwr y GwanwynMelanoleuca cognata2021Marchfilwr y GwanwynMelanoleuca cognata2021Bulbous Honey FungusArmillaria gallica2021Bulbous Honey FungusArmillaria gallica2021Iris RustPuccinia iridis2021Iris RustPuccinia iridis2021Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens2021Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens2021Trumpet ChanterelleCantharellus tubaeformis2021Trumpet ChanterelleCantharellus tubaeformis2021Rosy BonnetMycena rosea2021Rosy BonnetMycena rosea2021Burnt KnightTricholoma ustale2021Burnt KnightTricholoma ustale2021Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2021Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2021Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2021Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa2021Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis2021Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis2021CingroenPhallus impudicus2021CingroenPhallus impudicus2021Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis2021Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis2021Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2021Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2021Clustered BonnetMycena inclinata2021Clustered BonnetMycena inclinata2021Grey Spotted AmanitaAmanita excelsa var. spissa2021Grey Spotted AmanitaAmanita excelsa var. spissa2021Bloodred WebcapCortinarius sanguineus2021Bloodred WebcapCortinarius sanguineus2021Trooping FunnelInfundibulicybe geotropa2021Trooping FunnelInfundibulicybe geotropa2021Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme2021Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme2021Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata2021Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata2021