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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.98032, -4.19672
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Woodpigeon
- 🍄Mushroom 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, Woodpigeon, Robin +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon, Robin +49 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Flavoplaca flavocitrina, Verrucaria muralis, Catillaria chalybeia var. chalybeia +53 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Large White +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bastard Balm, Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam +284 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Great Torrington CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef GTC
20 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 route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route294 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 294 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Tarka Trail near Annery Kiln
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,783 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Wren +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
Slow-worm
🐝Insects23 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Banded Demoiselle · Common Carder Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug +18
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2021
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Himalayan Balsam · Bastard Balm · Wood Anemone · Wood Meadow-grass · Bluebell +86
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Bastard BalmMelittis melissophyllum2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2021
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2021
- Broad Buckler-fern
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,783 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Wren +27
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2021
Slow-worm
🐝Insects23 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Banded Demoiselle · Common Carder Bee · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug +18
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2021
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Himalayan Balsam · Bastard Balm · Wood Anemone · Wood Meadow-grass · Bluebell +86
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
- Bastard BalmMelittis melissophyllum2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2021
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2021
- Broad Buckler-fern
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes2024
Pentatoma rufipes2024
Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2024Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2024Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2024Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2024Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Oulema melanopusOulema melanopus2023Oulema melanopusOulema melanopus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023CalliceraCallicera2023CalliceraCallicera2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax2023Rhagium mordaxRhagium mordax2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2021White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2021Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2021Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2021Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021Dryopteris dilatata2021
Dryopteris dilatata2021
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2021TutsanHypericum androsaemum2021False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2021False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2021BroomCytisus scoparius2021BroomCytisus scoparius2021RamsonsAllium ursinum2021RamsonsAllium ursinum2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021Wych ElmUlmus glabra2021BeechFagus sylvatica2021BeechFagus sylvatica2021Greater ChickweedStellaria neglecta2021Greater ChickweedStellaria neglecta2021Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2021Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2021Bird CherryPrunus padus2021Bird CherryPrunus padus2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021AshFraxinus excelsior2021Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2021Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2021Greater PlantainPlantago major2021Greater PlantainPlantago major2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021BlackthornPrunus spinosa2021Silver BirchBetula pendula2021Silver BirchBetula pendula2021Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2021Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2021PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2021PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2021Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2021Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2021GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2021GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2021Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2021Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2021Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2021Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021Common NettleUrtica dioica2021PignutConopodium majus2021PignutConopodium majus2021False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2021False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2021DaisyBellis perennis2021DaisyBellis perennis2021HollyIlex aquifolium2021HollyIlex aquifolium2021SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2021Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2021Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2021Wood AvensGeum urbanum2021Wood AvensGeum urbanum2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021HawthornCrataegus monogyna2021Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2021Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2021Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2021Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2021Field-roseRosa arvensis2021Field-roseRosa arvensis2021Rosa caninaRosa canina2021Rosa caninaRosa canina2021Downy BirchBetula pubescens2021Downy BirchBetula pubescens2021AppleMalus domestica2021AppleMalus domestica2021ElderSambucus nigra2021ElderSambucus nigra2021Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa2021Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa2021Wood MelickMelica uniflora2021Wood MelickMelica uniflora2021BetonyBetonica officinalis2021BetonyBetonica officinalis2021Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2021Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2021Black BryonyTamus communis2021Black BryonyTamus communis2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021Soft-rushJuncus effusus2021GorseUlex europaeus2021GorseUlex europaeus2021NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2021NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2021Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2021Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2021Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2021Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021RowanSorbus aucuparia2021Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2021Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2021Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2021Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2021Red CampionSilene dioica2021Red CampionSilene dioica2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021NipplewortLapsana communis2021Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2021Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2021Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2021Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2021Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2021Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2021BugleAjuga reptans2021BugleAjuga reptans2021Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2021Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2021HazelCorylus avellana2021HazelCorylus avellana2021Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2021Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2021Sessile OakQuercus petraea2021Sessile OakQuercus petraea2021Wild CherryPrunus avium2021Wild CherryPrunus avium2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2021Hedge BedstrawGalium album2021Hedge BedstrawGalium album2021Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2021Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2021Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2021Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2021Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2021Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2021Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2021Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2021Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2021Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bush VetchVicia sepium2021Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2021Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2021Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2021Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2021Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021Common ChickweedStellaria media2021Common ChickweedStellaria media2021Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2021Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2021Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2021Wood DockRumex sanguineus2021Wood DockRumex sanguineus2021SpindleEuonymus europaeus2021SpindleEuonymus europaeus2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2021Events & activities nearby
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