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Woodspring Priory and associated fishponds and field system

7 ha

📷 Martin Bodman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

51.39022, -2.94542

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕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

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +94 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Dark Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Dark Bush-cricket, 7-spot Ladybird +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Aust to Brean DownWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network

Weston to NCN LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Pier to Pier WayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Weston-super-Mare CycleCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route117 m

Named routeRef 33Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

71,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

71,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds98 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Shelduck +93

MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great TitParus major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
CootFulica atra2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Common Shrew

Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2025

Swollen-thighed Beetle · Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Hawker +44

Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
SyrphusSyrphus
Broscus cephalotesBroscus cephalotes
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Monoceros BeetleNotoxus monoceros
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
CheilosiaCheilosia
Dull Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops tibialis
Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus
Physiphora alceaePhysiphora alceae
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata
Clinotanypus nervosusClinotanypus nervosus
Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
Marram WeevilPhilopedon plagiatum
NeoasciaNeoascia
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Leistus rufomarginatusLeistus rufomarginatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Aegialia arenariaAegialia arenaria
Black ClockPterostichus madidus

🌿

Plants81 species

winter

2025

Autumn Lady's-tresses · Herb-Robert · Honewort · Parsley-piert · Common Scurvygrass +76

Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HonewortTrinia glauca
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
White StonecropSedum album
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Curving Feather-mossScorpiurium circinatum
Glass-wort Feather-mossScleropodium touretii
Lesser ChickweedStellaria pallida
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Early Meadow-grassPoa infirma
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Bulbous Meadow-grassPoa bulbosa
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
CleaversGalium aparine
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common CouchElymus repens
Cheddar PinkDianthus gratianopolitanus
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
DandelionTaraxacum2024
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

71,091 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds98 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Shelduck +93

MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great TitParus major2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
CootFulica atra2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Common Shrew

Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2025

Swollen-thighed Beetle · Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Hawker +44

Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
SyrphusSyrphus
Broscus cephalotesBroscus cephalotes
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Monoceros BeetleNotoxus monoceros
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Eurhadina loewiiEurhadina loewii
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
CheilosiaCheilosia
Dull Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops tibialis
Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus
Physiphora alceaePhysiphora alceae
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata
Clinotanypus nervosusClinotanypus nervosus
Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
Agriotes lineatusAgriotes lineatus
Marram WeevilPhilopedon plagiatum
NeoasciaNeoascia
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Leistus rufomarginatusLeistus rufomarginatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
Aegialia arenariaAegialia arenaria
Black ClockPterostichus madidus

🌿

Plants81 species

winter

2025

Autumn Lady's-tresses · Herb-Robert · Honewort · Parsley-piert · Common Scurvygrass +76

Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HonewortTrinia glauca
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wild ClarySalvia verbenaca
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
White StonecropSedum album
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Curving Feather-mossScorpiurium circinatum
Glass-wort Feather-mossScleropodium touretii
Lesser ChickweedStellaria pallida
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
Early Meadow-grassPoa infirma
Rock SamphireCrithmum maritimum
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Bulbous Meadow-grassPoa bulbosa
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Dwarf ThistleCirsium acaule
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Crested Hair-grassKoeleria macrantha
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
CleaversGalium aparine
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Ivy BroomrapeOrobanche hederae
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Common CouchElymus repens
Cheddar PinkDianthus gratianopolitanus
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
DandelionTaraxacum2024
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 Martin Bodman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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