Bowl barrow on the line of the B3174, forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Farway Hill
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌳Ancient
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50.75085, -3.18877
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Blue Tit
- ✦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
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Blue Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Birds — Blackcap, Blue Tit, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +76 more · last seen 2026
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Coleridge LinkWalking route14.5 km▾
A circular route in the Otter Valley.
Named routeRef COLLength 14.5 kmLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Road junction on Farway Hill
Photos
Road junction on Farway Hill
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
5,753 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,753 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds62 species
winterspringsummer
2026Blackcap · Blue Tit · Robin · Kestrel · Great Tit
+57 more speciesHide species list
All 62 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Weasel
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummerautumn
2025Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Peacock
+74 more speciesHide species list
All 79 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,753 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds62 species
winterspringsummer
2026Blackcap · Blue Tit · Robin · Kestrel · Great Tit
+57 more speciesHide species list
All 62 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Weasel
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummerautumn
2025Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Red Admiral · Peacock
+74 more speciesHide species list
All 79 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ringlet
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaHolly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Common Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespillo2025Common Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespillo2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2025Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax2025Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaConomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2025Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2025Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2025Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025Perlodes mortoniPerlodes mortoni2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024SyrphusSyrphus2024SyrphusSyrphus2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2024Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2024Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2024Platycheirus rosarumPlatycheirus rosarum2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2024Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2024Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2024Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023EristalisEristalis2023EristalisEristalis2023Events & activities nearby
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