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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.98997, -4.21941
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 220m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 220m 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 — Wigeon, Blue Tit, Pintail +28 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Blue Tit, Pintail +28 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Oedemera femoralis, White-legged Damselfly +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Great Torrington CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef GTC
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
17 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 route294 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 294 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route164 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Photos
The church of St. Swithun, Littleham
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,674 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,674 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Pintail · Greenfinch · Black-tailed Godwit +26
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- SerinSerinus serinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Oedemera femoralis · White-legged Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +16
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Dark Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,674 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Blue Tit · Pintail · Greenfinch · Black-tailed Godwit +26
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- SerinSerinus serinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Oedemera femoralis · White-legged Damselfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +16
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus
- Dark Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2024Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2024Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2024Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Events & activities nearby
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