Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles, south of Lower Piles
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.42837, -3.91079
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ 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
- 🐦71+ 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 +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Dock Bug, Rutpela maculata +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
55 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▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route35 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,004 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,004 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon +45
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects34 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata · Violet Ground Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Leucozona glaucia +29
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,004 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Blackbird · Chaffinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon +45
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects34 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata · Violet Ground Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Leucozona glaucia +29
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oak Bush-cricket
Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
Meconema thalassinum
Black-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginataBlack-legged Water-snipeflyIbisia marginataEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptusMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinumTree HopperCentrotus cornutusTree HopperCentrotus cornutusFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeNecklace Ground BeetleCarabus monilisNecklace Ground BeetleCarabus monilisGreen 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 asperatus2023Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2023Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2023Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus2023Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023Tipula rufinaTipula rufina2023Tipula rufinaTipula rufina2023Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2023Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2023Rhipidia maculataRhipidia maculata2023Rhipidia maculataRhipidia maculata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2023Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2023Tipula paganaTipula pagana2023Tipula paganaTipula pagana2023Cychramus luteusCychramus luteus2023Cychramus luteusCychramus luteus2023