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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.73427, -4.28728
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Spotted Woodpecker
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robin +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Long-eared Bat species, Rabbit +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Phaeographis lyellii, Snippocia nivea, Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. +90 more · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Speckled Wood +44 more · last seen 2021
Free
Photos
Ashwater, St. Peter's Church: Monument probably for Thomas Carminow (d. 1442) 4
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
2,541 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,541 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Otter
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Red Admiral · Ringlet · Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White +19
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Holly · Gorse · Foxglove · Barren Strawberry · Dog's Mercury +112
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,541 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Otter
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2019
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2021▾
Red Admiral · Ringlet · Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Small White +19
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Holly · Gorse · Foxglove · Barren Strawberry · Dog's Mercury +112
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Hawker
Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea
Aeshna cyanea
Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Hydropsyche siltalaiHydropsyche siltalai2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Rhyacophila dorsalisRhyacophila dorsalis2019Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2019Lepidostoma hirtumLepidostoma hirtum2019Potamophylax cingulatusPotamophylax cingulatus2019Potamophylax cingulatusPotamophylax cingulatus2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2019Polycentropus flavomaculatusPolycentropus flavomaculatus2019Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019Silo pallipesSilo pallipes2019Diplectrona felixDiplectrona felix2019Diplectrona felixDiplectrona felix2019Potamophylax latipennisPotamophylax latipennis2019Potamophylax latipennisPotamophylax latipennis2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2019Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2019Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2019Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Agapetus fuscipesAgapetus fuscipes2019Greater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisBetonyBetonica officinalisBetonyBetonica officinalisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHard-fernBlechnum spicantHard-fernBlechnum spicantLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaNavelwortUmbilicus rupestrisNavelwortUmbilicus rupestrisCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaBog StitchwortStellaria alsineBog StitchwortStellaria alsineRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater HorsetailEquisetum fluviatileWater HorsetailEquisetum fluviatileAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreCommon Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahitCommon Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahitHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaDowny BirchBetula pubescensDowny BirchBetula pubescensCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusStar SedgeCarex echinataStar SedgeCarex echinataSilverweedPotentilla anserinaSilverweedPotentilla anserinaCallitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisMarsh VioletViola palustrisSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusSharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorusWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburPolypodyPolypodium vulgarePolypodyPolypodium vulgareIvy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceusIvy-leaved CrowfootRanunculus hederaceusWater-pepperPersicaria hydropiperWater-pepperPersicaria hydropiperCreeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secundaCreeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secundaRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaWood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisSouthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissaSouthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissaToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusEared WillowSalix auritaEared WillowSalix auritaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaPurple Moor-grassMolinia caeruleaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaRusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifoliaGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolatadaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumBroad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumEvents & activities nearby
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