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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › North Somerset Getting here
51.32028, -2.98249
Open directionsv 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 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Wharf Side Tearooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Wharf Side Tearooms — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Magpie +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Meadow Grasshopper +172 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area
Free
Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean Down
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 31 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
West Mendip Way Walking route 48 km ▾
Named route Ref WMW Length 48 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hutton Millenium Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HMW Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean Down Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map The Butcombe Trail Walking route 74 km ▾
Named route Ref BUT Length 74 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Mendip Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MT Regional walking route
Show on map Folly Lane public footpath · 51 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 51 m Surface asphalt Path type: residential
Show on map Folly Lane public footpath · 70 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 70 m Surface ground Path type: footway
Show on map 57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weston to NCN Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Pier to Pier Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Weston-super-Mare Cycle Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 856 m ▾
Named route Ref 33 Length 856 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 118 m ▾
Named route Ref 33 Length 118 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedloose
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Wildlife to spot
40,031 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 40,031 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Chaffinch · Shelduck · Starling +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 28 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Ribautiana tenerrima · Kidney-spot Ladybird +23
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025 Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 40,031 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Chaffinch · Shelduck · Starling +46
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 28 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Ribautiana tenerrima · Kidney-spot Ladybird +23
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima2025 Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Earwig
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2025
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2025
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Suillia variegata Suillia variegata
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Biphyllus lunatus Biphyllus lunatus
Biphyllus lunatus Biphyllus lunatus
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Polietes Polietes2025
Polietes Polietes2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Eudasyphora cyanicolor Eudasyphora cyanicolor2025
Eudasyphora cyanicolor Eudasyphora cyanicolor2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Sepsis Sepsis2025
Sepsis Sepsis2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Tephrochlamys tarsalis Tephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Tephrochlamys tarsalis Tephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Zygina angusta Zygina angusta2025
Zygina angusta Zygina angusta2025
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus2025
Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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