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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
50.94307, -2.61884
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Yeo Leisure Park 344m away — 5 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Yeo Leisure Park 344m away — 5 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +89 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Moorhen, Herring Gull, Woodpigeon +89 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Alder Leaf Beetle, Green Shieldbug +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 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
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Riverside Walkpublic footpath · 222 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 222 mPath type: path
Riverside Walkpublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mPath type: path
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
South Somerset CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 26Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route246 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 246 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route686 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 686 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,867 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Magpie · Goldfinch · Stock Dove · Herring Gull +22
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dotted Bee-fly · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dandelion · Greater Plantain · Nipplewort · Common Orache · Great Willowherb +117
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Fat-henChenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,867 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPied Wagtail · Magpie · Goldfinch · Stock Dove · Herring Gull +22
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dotted Bee-fly · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Dandelion · Greater Plantain · Nipplewort · Common Orache · Great Willowherb +117
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Fat-henChenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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