Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.94807, -3.22934
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: WELLINGTON MONUMENT
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +139 more · last seen 2025; Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Herepath Trail - ChurchstantonWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTcLocal walking route
Wellington Monument walkWalking route▾
West Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDWRegional walking route
Uffculme Village TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef UFT
Beacon Lanepublic footpath · 553 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 553 mPath type: track
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route991 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 991 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,180 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,180 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Dunnock · Starling +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Glow-worm
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Sea Barley · Wood Speedwell · Sanicle · Common Dog-violet · Broad Buckler-fern +3
- Sea BarleyHordeum marinum
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,180 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Dunnock · Starling +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Glow-worm
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Sea Barley · Wood Speedwell · Sanicle · Common Dog-violet · Broad Buckler-fern +3
- Sea BarleyHordeum marinum
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
