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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
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Getting here
51.00788, -4.41382
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Robin
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Chaffinch +91 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Robin, Chaffinch +91 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Peacock +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Bramble, Ivy +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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Angel Wings, near Clovelly
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Wildlife to spot
3,550 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cormorant · Robin · Herring Gull · Gannet · Chiffchaff +41
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Seal · Pine Marten
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Gorse Weevil · Leucozona glaucia · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +11
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Bramble · Ivy · Wood Sage · Marsh Thistle · Holly +42
- BrambleRubus2023
- IvyHedera helix2023
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Cormorant · Robin · Herring Gull · Gannet · Chiffchaff +41
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Seal · Pine Marten
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2026▾
Gorse Weevil · Leucozona glaucia · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +11
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2025
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Bramble · Ivy · Wood Sage · Marsh Thistle · Holly +42
- BrambleRubus2023
- IvyHedera helix2023
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
- HollyIlex aquifolium2023
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black Oil-beetle
Black Oil-beetle
Meloe proscarabaeus
Meloe proscarabaeus
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Willow Leaf BeetleLochmaea caprea2025Willow Leaf BeetleLochmaea caprea2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2024Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023VioletViola2023VioletViola2023GorseUlex europaeus2023GorseUlex europaeus2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023BirchBetula2023BirchBetula2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DockRumex2023DockRumex2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023AngelicaAngelica2023AngelicaAngelica2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaOakQuercus2023OakQuercus2023HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2023Western Hemlock-spruceTsuga heterophylla2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023Sessile OakQuercus petraea2023Sessile OakQuercus petraea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2023PinePinus2023PinePinus2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023YewTaxus baccata2023YewTaxus baccata2023WillowherbEpilobium2023WillowherbEpilobium2023Wood-RushLuzula2023Wood-RushLuzula2023PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2023Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023BeechFagus sylvatica2023BeechFagus sylvatica2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2023NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2023Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2023Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii2023