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St Michael's Church

📷 Neil Owen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 285m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Black Redstart, Swift, Pheasant +29 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Black Redstart, Swift, Pheasant +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

West Mendip WayWalking route48 km

Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route

East Mendip WayWalking route

Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route

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Cycling

48 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network

National BywayCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway Glastonbury LoopCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Route 3Cycling route527.7 km

Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network

Strawberry LineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

autumn

2025

Long-tailed Tit · Rook · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +6

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Violet Oil-beetle · Syrphus

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants141 species

springsummer

2025

Bluebell · Dandelion · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum +136

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
DandelionTaraxacum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
IvyHedera helix
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Bush VetchVicia sepium
CleaversGalium aparine
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
WatercressNasturtium officinale
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
BeechFagus sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HopHumulus lupulus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Black BryonyTamus communis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
AshFraxinus excelsior
English ElmUlmus procera
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Field MapleAcer campestre
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Common CalamintClinopodium ascendens
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Fat-henChenopodium album
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
TimothyPhleum pratense
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Common CouchElymus repens
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
VervainVerbena officinalis
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
HazelCorylus avellana
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common OracheAtriplex patula
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Small ToadflaxChaenorhinum minus
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
CowslipPrimula veris
BugleAjuga reptans
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Pale FlaxLinum bienne
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Common VetchVicia sativa
Common CornsaladValerianella locusta
Viola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds11 species

autumn

2025

Long-tailed Tit · Rook · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +6

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2025

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Violet Oil-beetle · Syrphus

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants141 species

springsummer

2025

Bluebell · Dandelion · Ribwort Plantain · Ivy · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum +136

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
DandelionTaraxacum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
IvyHedera helix
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Red CampionSilene dioica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Bush VetchVicia sepium
CleaversGalium aparine
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
ElderSambucus nigra
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Common ComfreySymphytum officinale
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
WatercressNasturtium officinale
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
BeechFagus sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
HopHumulus lupulus
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Black BryonyTamus communis
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
AshFraxinus excelsior
English ElmUlmus procera
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Field MapleAcer campestre
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Rosa caninaRosa canina
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Common CalamintClinopodium ascendens
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Fat-henChenopodium album
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
TimothyPhleum pratense
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Common CouchElymus repens
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
VervainVerbena officinalis
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
HazelCorylus avellana
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common OracheAtriplex patula
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Small ToadflaxChaenorhinum minus
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
LilacSyringa vulgaris
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
CowslipPrimula veris
BugleAjuga reptans
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Pale FlaxLinum bienne
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Common VetchVicia sativa
Common CornsaladValerianella locusta
Viola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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