Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.87278, -3.90189
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +97 more · last seen 2023
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL SAINTS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Anemone, Field Maple, Common Cow-wheat +20 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCT
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Wembworthy Down Lanepublic footpath · 225 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 225 mPath type: service
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
St Michael's church, Wembworthy
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
4,282 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,282 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Otter
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +10
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,282 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Coal Tit · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Otter
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Golden-ringed Dragonfly +10
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2022
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2022
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans2021
Ischnura elegans2021
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2021Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceusViolet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceusBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2021Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2021Events & activities nearby
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