Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.52150, -3.67256
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Herring Gull
- 🌿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
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Herring Gull
- 🌿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 — Tawny Owl, Herring Gull, Kestrel +25 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Herring Gull, Kestrel +25 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Bumblebee +16 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Ted Hughes Poetry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef THPTLocal walking route
Stover Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef SHTRound tripLocal walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
A383 cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route546 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 272Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,167 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,167 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Mallard · Herring Gull · Tawny Owl · Kestrel +1
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +9
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- BumblebeeBombus
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,167 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Mallard · Herring Gull · Tawny Owl · Kestrel +1
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +9
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- BumblebeeBombus
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
