Agglomerated enclosure on the west side of the Erme Valley below Stalldown
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.43682, -3.91680
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackcap
- ✦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
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Blackcap
- ✦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 — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest +59 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest +59 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Dock Bug, Green Shieldbug +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
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22 signed routes nearby
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Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
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Route 272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 272Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route363 m▾
Named routeLength 363 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,873 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,873 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Goldcrest · Meadow Pipit · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects26 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Leucozona glaucia · Oak Bush-cricket +21
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Black-legged Water-snipefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,873 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Goldcrest · Meadow Pipit · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects26 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Leucozona glaucia · Oak Bush-cricket +21
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Black-legged Water-snipefly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ibisia marginata
Ibisia marginata
Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumTree HopperCentrotus cornutusTree HopperCentrotus cornutusFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2024Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2023Sciaphilus asperatusSciaphilus asperatus2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Protoclythia modestaProtoclythia modesta2023Protoclythia modestaProtoclythia modesta2023Suillia notataSuillia notata2023Suillia notataSuillia notata2023