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🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
51.04305, -3.55705
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Great Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Great Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks 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
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Great Tit, Dipper +45 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Great Tit, Dipper +45 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Bent, Yorkshire-fog +83 more · last seen 2022; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Cuckoo-Spit Insect, Marmalade Hoverfly +34 more · last seen 2025
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Pound Walkpublic footpath · 213 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 213 mPath type: footway
11 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 route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route69 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route272 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 272 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Oldberry Lanerestricted byway · 49 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 49 mPath type: unclassified
Oldberry Lanerestricted byway · 49 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 49 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Oldberry Lane climbing up from the Barle Valley
Photos
Oldberry Lane climbing up from the Barle Valley
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Exmoor House Car Park · Paid · 428m
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
2,114 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,114 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds48 species
wintersummer
2026Pied Flycatcher · Great Tit · Dipper · Robin · Swift
+43 more speciesHide species list
All 48 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Great TitParus major
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2025Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024Common Frog
🐝Insects37 species
springsummer
2025Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Marmalade Hoverfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Himalayan Balsam · Common Bent · Yorkshire-fog · Common Sorrel · Creeping Buttercup
+81 more speciesHide species list
All 86 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,114 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds48 species
wintersummer
2026Pied Flycatcher · Great Tit · Dipper · Robin · Swift
+43 more speciesHide species list
All 48 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Great TitParus major
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2025Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024Common Frog
🐝Insects37 species
springsummer
2025Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Marmalade Hoverfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Himalayan Balsam · Common Bent · Yorkshire-fog · Common Sorrel · Creeping Buttercup
+81 more speciesHide species list
All 86 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus pedunculatus2019
Lotus pedunculatus2019
Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Red FescueFestuca rubra2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2019Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2019Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021YarrowAchillea millefolium2019YarrowAchillea millefolium2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2019Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019TormentilPotentilla erecta2019Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019White CloverTrifolium repens2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2019Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita2019Alchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestitaAlchemilla filicaulis subsp. vestita2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2019Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2019Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019BugleAjuga reptans2019BugleAjuga reptans2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2019Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2019Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2019Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2019Oval SedgeCarex leporina2019Oval SedgeCarex leporina2019Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2019Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019CleaversGalium aparine2019CleaversGalium aparine2019Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2018Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2018Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2018Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2018Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2019Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019SilverweedPotentilla anserina2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2019Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2019Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2018Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2018MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2020MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2019Velvet BentAgrostis canina2019Velvet BentAgrostis canina2019Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2019Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019BrambleRubus fruticosus2019Common SallowSalix cinerea2019Common SallowSalix cinerea2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2019Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2019Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2019AshFraxinus excelsior2018AshFraxinus excelsior2018Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2018Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2018Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2018Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2018BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018Toad RushJuncus bufonius2019Toad RushJuncus bufonius2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2019CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2019CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2019Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2019Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2019Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Remote SedgeCarex remota2019Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2018Greater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha2018Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2018Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2018Common VetchVicia sativa2018Common VetchVicia sativa2018Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2018Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2018Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2018Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2018Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2018Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2018Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2018Events & activities nearby
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