Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85376, -3.74440
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and House Sparrow
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and House Sparrow
- ✦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 — Swallow, House Sparrow, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Swallow, House Sparrow, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Large White +115 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Primrose, Meadow Foxtail +97 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Park Lanepublic footpath · 523 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 523 mPath type: footway
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
St Mary's church, Morchard Bishop (interior detail)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,978 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,978 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Swift · Fieldfare · Chiffchaff · House Sparrow +39
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2021
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2019
Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White · Straw Dot · Snout +34
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Straw DotRivula sericealis2017
- SnoutHypena proboscidalis2017
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bristle Club-rush · Norway Maple · Rum Cherry
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2019
- Rum CherryPrunus serotina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,978 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Swift · Fieldfare · Chiffchaff · House Sparrow +39
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Little OwlAthene noctua2018
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2018
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2021
🐸Amphibians3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2019
Peacock · Painted Lady · Large White · Straw Dot · Snout +34
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Straw DotRivula sericealis2017
- SnoutHypena proboscidalis2017
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Bristle Club-rush · Norway Maple · Rum Cherry
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides2019
- Rum CherryPrunus serotina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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