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Stogursey Castle

2 ha

📷 Nick Chipchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

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51.17694, -3.14115

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Pied Wagtail
✦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

🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Pied Wagtail
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Raven, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: CAUSEWAY BRIDGE AT EAST ENTRANCE TO STOGURSEY CASTLE

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Raven, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch +75 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +53 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Lecanora expallens, Common Orange Lichen, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +34 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Castles & Coast WayWalking route21 km

Named routeLength 21 kmLocal walking route

Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km

Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Brean Down to MineheadWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Coleridge WayWalking route82 km

Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

4,163 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,163 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

spring

2025

Raven · Yellowhammer · Pied Wagtail · Kingfisher · House Martin +48

RavenCorvus corax2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RookCorvus frugilegus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Little OwlAthene noctua
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects17 species

summer

2024

Common Carder Bee · Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Early Bumblebee +12

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Cretan Mullein

Cretan MulleinVerbascum creticum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,163 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

spring

2025

Raven · Yellowhammer · Pied Wagtail · Kingfisher · House Martin +48

RavenCorvus corax2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RookCorvus frugilegus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Barn OwlTyto alba
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
MagpiePica pica2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Little OwlAthene noctua
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects17 species

summer

2024

Common Carder Bee · Large White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Early Bumblebee +12

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2024

Cretan Mullein

Cretan MulleinVerbascum creticum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nick Chipchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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