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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.20932, -2.64251
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Goldfinch and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Mute Swan +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: THE BISHOP'S PALACE AND BISHOP'S HOUSE; Historic site
Free
Birds — Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Mute Swan +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Early Bumblebee +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Wall Scalewort, Wall Screw-moss, Dilated Scalewort +1 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
East Mendip WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Milton Lanepublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mPath type: unclassified
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Glastonbury LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
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Wells : The Bishop's Palace - Garden & Wood Carving
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Wildlife to spot
27,423 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,423 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Moorhen · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +35
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Carex comans · Foxglove-tree · Red Campion · Hairy St John's-wort · Greater Plantain +100
- Carex comansCarex comans
- Foxglove-treePaulownia tomentosa
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- DandelionTaraxacum
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,423 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Moorhen · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +35
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Migrant Hawker
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Carex comans · Foxglove-tree · Red Campion · Hairy St John's-wort · Greater Plantain +100
- Carex comansCarex comans
- Foxglove-treePaulownia tomentosa
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- DandelionTaraxacum
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas