Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.56867, -3.50174
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cirl Bunting and Peregrine
- 🌿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
- 🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Cirl Bunting and Peregrine
- 🌿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
Best for
5 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Cirl Bunting, Peregrine, Mediterranean Gull +106 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Cirl Bunting, Peregrine, Mediterranean Gull +106 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Meadow Grasshopper, Hairy Shieldbug +9 more · last seen 2025
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Teignmouth & Dawlish WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDWLocal walking route
Dawlish Ale TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DAT
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RED
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route610 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 610 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route471 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 471 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route539 m▾
Named routeLength 539 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
81,047 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,047 records · NBN AtlasCirl Bunting · Peregrine · Mediterranean Gull · Goldfinch · Greenfinch
+104 more speciesHide species list
Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Common Dolphin · Rabbit · Red Fox
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey Squirrel
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025Common Lizard · Sand Lizard
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025Eristalis tenax · Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Dasysyrphus albostriatus
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Sericomyia silentis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,047 records · NBN AtlasCirl Bunting · Peregrine · Mediterranean Gull · Goldfinch · Greenfinch
+104 more speciesHide species list
Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Common Dolphin · Rabbit · Red Fox
+8 more speciesHide species list
All 13 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- StoatMustela erminea
- Grey Squirrel
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025Common Lizard · Sand Lizard
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025Eristalis tenax · Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Dasysyrphus albostriatus
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Sericomyia silentis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis
Water ShrewNeomys fodiensWater ShrewNeomys fodiensBrown RatRattus norvegicusBrown RatRattus norvegicusBadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesPygmy ShrewSorex minutusPygmy ShrewSorex minutusCommon PorpoisePhocoena phocoenaCommon PorpoisePhocoena phocoenaWater VoleArvicola amphibiusWater VoleArvicola amphibiusSericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis
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