Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.92830, -3.51651
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- ✦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
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- ✦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 — Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Moorhen +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Moorhen +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Allodia ornaticollis, Brevicornu sericoma, Bolitophila saundersii +106 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Impey WalkWalking route▾
Tiverton Tree TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Tiverton & Cullompton CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCCRegional walking route
Mousebeare Lanepublic footpath · 455 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 455 mPath type: footway
Mousebeare Lanepublic footpath · 329 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 329 mPath type: track
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
UK:National Cycle Network - west boundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route844 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 844 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Washfield : Church of St Mary the Virgin
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
4,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Allodia ornaticollis · Brevicornu sericoma · Phronia biarcuata · Bolitophila saundersii · Mycetophila curviseta +50
- Allodia ornaticollisAllodia ornaticollis2024
- Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2024
- Phronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuata2024
- Bolitophila saundersiiBolitophila saundersii2024
- Mycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curviseta2024
- Exechia fusca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +34
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Allodia ornaticollis · Brevicornu sericoma · Phronia biarcuata · Bolitophila saundersii · Mycetophila curviseta +50
- Allodia ornaticollisAllodia ornaticollis2024
- Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2024
- Phronia biarcuataPhronia biarcuata2024
- Bolitophila saundersiiBolitophila saundersii2024
- Mycetophila curvisetaMycetophila curviseta2024
- Exechia fusca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Exechia fusca2024
Exechia fusca2024
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