A round cairn on White Ridge lying 570m north of the source of Stannon Brook
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.62365, -3.90954
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +84 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Chaffinch +84 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Bryoria fuscescens, Lepra corallina, Pertusaria hymenea +9 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Sericomyia silentis, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Peacock +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Gorse, Eyebright, Birch +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
The LichwayWalking route19 km▾
Also known as the 'Way of the Dead' as a route for carrying coffins to the graveyard at Lydford Church
Named routeRef LYWLength 19 kmLocal walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
Bellever TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BTLocal walking route
Postbridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PTLocal walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,720 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,720 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Lesser water-boatmen · Common Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Hawker +8
- Lesser water-boatmenSigara (Subsigara) scotti
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Indet Horsefly
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,720 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Lesser water-boatmen · Common Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Hawker +8
- Lesser water-boatmenSigara (Subsigara) scotti
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- HoverflySyrphidae
- Indet Horsefly
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tabanidae
Tabanidae
Nicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloidesNicrophorus vespilloidesCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2023Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023