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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.96685, -3.99653
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and House Sparrow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 210m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and House Sparrow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 210m 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, House Sparrow, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, House Sparrow, Robin +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Normandina pulchella, Flavoparmelia caperata, Coniocarpon cinnabarinum +21 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell +21 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Soft Shield-fern, Primrose, Foxglove +203 more · last seen 2023
Free
Photos
The Church of St Mary at High Bickington
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,869 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,869 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush +11
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Large White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock +15
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Meadow Brown
Southern Marsh-orchid · Common Figwort · Ragged-Robin · Centaurea nigra · Callitriche stagnalis +49
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2019
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
- Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2019
- Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,869 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush +11
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Large White · Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small Tortoiseshell · Peacock +15
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Meadow Brown
Southern Marsh-orchid · Common Figwort · Ragged-Robin · Centaurea nigra · Callitriche stagnalis +49
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2019
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
- Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2019
- Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Maniola jurtina2019
Maniola jurtina2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosusCommon Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2022Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2022Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2022Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2022Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019GraylingHipparchia semele2019GraylingHipparchia semele2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album20192019
2019
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2019Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019English ElmUlmus procera2019English ElmUlmus procera2019Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2019Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2019Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2019Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2019GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2019GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2019Long-stalked Crane's-billGeranium columbinum2019Long-stalked Crane's-billGeranium columbinum2019Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2019Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2019HazelCorylus avellana2019HazelCorylus avellana2019Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019Wild CherryPrunus avium2019Wild CherryPrunus avium2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2019Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2019Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2019Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019White Water-lilyNymphaea alba2019White Water-lilyNymphaea alba2019Downy BirchBetula pubescens2019Downy BirchBetula pubescens2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Common OracheAtriplex patula2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2019Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2019Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2019RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2019Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2019Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2019American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2019TutsanHypericum androsaemum2019TutsanHypericum androsaemum2019RowanSorbus aucuparia2019RowanSorbus aucuparia2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Tufted VetchVicia cracca2019Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2019Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2019Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2019Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2019Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2019Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2019Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2019Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2019Black BryonyTamus communis2019Black BryonyTamus communis2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019Umbellate HawkweedHieracium umbellatum2019Umbellate HawkweedHieracium umbellatum2019Events & activities nearby
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