Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.85590, -4.06433
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Tufted Duck
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Crested Grebe and Tufted Duck
- ✦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 — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +114 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; 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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Hatherleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTCLocal walking route
Hatherleigh CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef HC
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route513 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 513 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
St Michael's church, Meeth
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Robin · Coot · Blackbird · Cormorant +43
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly +35
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Southern Marsh-orchid · Marsh-bedstraw · Hoary Ragwort · Bugle
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- BugleAjuga reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Tufted Duck · Robin · Coot · Blackbird · Cormorant +43
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwiftApus apus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly +35
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Southern Marsh-orchid · Marsh-bedstraw · Hoary Ragwort · Bugle
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa
- Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- BugleAjuga reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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