Abbot's Hill Wood
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.91626, -4.08194
Open directionsv
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 Raven and Robin
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Robin
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Robin, Chaffinch +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Raven, Robin, Chaffinch +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Perennial Rye-grass, Cow Parsley +204 more · last seen 2017
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Great Torrington CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef GTC
Biddamoor Lanepublic footpath · 635 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 635 mPath type: track
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route997 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 997 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface rocky
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Ploughed field at Abbot's Hill
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Wildlife to spot
2,287 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,287 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Peregrine · Swallow +7
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Red Deer · Brown Hare · Otter
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐝Insects112 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Tipula couckei · Athyroglossa glabra · Themira minor · Symplecta stictica +107
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
- Tipula couckeiTipula couckei
- Athyroglossa glabraAthyroglossa glabra
- Themira minorThemira minor
- Symplecta sticticaSymplecta stictica
- Leucophora sponsaLeucophora sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,287 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Peregrine · Swallow +7
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2023▾
Red Deer · Brown Hare · Otter
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐝Insects112 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Tipula couckei · Athyroglossa glabra · Themira minor · Symplecta stictica +107
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
- Tipula couckeiTipula couckei
- Athyroglossa glabraAthyroglossa glabra
- Themira minorThemira minor
- Symplecta sticticaSymplecta stictica
- Leucophora sponsaLeucophora sponsa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas