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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.02240, -4.20442
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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 Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe du Parc — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe du Parc — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Large Red Damselfly +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 6: Braunton to Instow)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Appledore Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACT
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
25 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 route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
37,589 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,589 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Shelduck · Little Egret · Herring Gull · Tawny Owl +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Rissa tridactyla tridactylaRissa tridactyla tridactyla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis
- SwiftApus apus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker +19
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,589 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Shelduck · Little Egret · Herring Gull · Tawny Owl +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GullLarus canus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Rissa tridactyla tridactylaRissa tridactyla tridactyla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Gulosus aristotelis aristotelisGulosus aristotelis aristotelis
- SwiftApus apus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker +19
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Emerald Damselfly
Emerald Damselfly
Lestes sponsa2025
Lestes sponsa2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025