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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.10871, -2.92735
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Grey Heron
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 299m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Grey Heron
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 299m 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 — Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Mallard +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Church of St Mary the Virgin; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Mallard +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Somerset Space WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
East Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route
River Parrett TrailWalking route80 km▾
Named routeRef RPTLength 80 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bridgwater Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bridgwater Purple Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
National Cycle Network route 339Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 339National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Shave Droverestricted byway · 800 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 800 mPath type: track
Photos

Westonzoyland, St. Mary's Church: Monster gargoyle 1
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
13,140 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,140 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Hobby · Bittern · Mute Swan · Kestrel +24
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana2024
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Mesembrina meridiana
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
Common Fleabane · Horse-radish · Pink Water-speedwell · Common Couch · Water-plantain +22
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
- Wolffia columbianaWolffia columbiana
- Field Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,140 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Hobby · Bittern · Mute Swan · Kestrel +24
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana2024
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Mesembrina meridiana
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
Common Fleabane · Horse-radish · Pink Water-speedwell · Common Couch · Water-plantain +22
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
- Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata
- Common CouchElymus repens
- Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica
- Wolffia columbianaWolffia columbiana
- Field Horsetail
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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