A round cairn on Watchet Hill
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.72044, -3.96382
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bloody-nosed Beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Tormentil, Goldenrod +1 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Taw Teign LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTLRegional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Photos
Military flagpole on Watchet Hill
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,075 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,075 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Pipistrelle Bat species
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Philopotamus montanus · Red-legged Weevil · Gorse Shieldbug · Emperor Dragonfly +14
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
- Red-legged WeevilOtiorhynchus tenebricosus2025
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,075 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Pipistrelle Bat species
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Philopotamus montanus · Red-legged Weevil · Gorse Shieldbug · Emperor Dragonfly +14
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Philopotamus montanusPhilopotamus montanus
- Red-legged WeevilOtiorhynchus tenebricosus2025
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2025Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis2025Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025Hybos culiciformisHybos culiciformis2025Hybos culiciformisHybos culiciformis2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Spilogona denigrataSpilogona denigrata2025Spilogona denigrataSpilogona denigrata2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2025Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis2025Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis2025Helina allotallaHelina allotalla2025Helina allotallaHelina allotalla2025