Ausewell Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 84 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 84 ha
Places › England › South West › Teignbridge Getting here
50.53095, -3.78804
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Dipper, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Dipper, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Large Atlantic Pocket-moss, Prickly Featherwort, Straggling Pouchwort +100 more · last seen 2022
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +105 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Wood-rust, Great Scented Liverwort, Two-horned Pincerwort +2 more foraging species
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Moors Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref MW Listed length 166 Regional walking route
Show on map Dartmoor Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DW Regional walking route
Show on map Abbot's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref AW Regional walking route
Show on map 19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 272 National Cycle Network
Show on map Dartmoor Way (Cycle) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 42 m ▾
Named route Ref 272 Length 42 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 182 m ▾
Named route Ref 272 Length 182 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 31 m ▾
Named route Ref 272 Length 31 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 272 Length 2.7 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
6,239 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,239 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Pied Flycatcher · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Siskin · Coal Tit +46
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2023 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Field Grasshopper · Western Honey Bee · Xylota segnis · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +28
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2024 Xylota segnis Xylota segnis Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,239 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 51 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Pied Flycatcher · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Siskin · Coal Tit +46
Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2023 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Field Grasshopper · Western Honey Bee · Xylota segnis · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +28
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024 Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2024 Xylota segnis Xylota segnis Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2024
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2024
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2024
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium
Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium
Orchestes pilosus Orchestes pilosus
Orchestes pilosus Orchestes pilosus
Deer Ked Lipoptena cervi
Deer Ked Lipoptena cervi
River Skater Aquarius najas
River Skater Aquarius najas
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Metatropis rufescens Metatropis rufescens
Metatropis rufescens Metatropis rufescens
Nicrophorus vespilloides Nicrophorus vespilloides
Nicrophorus vespilloides Nicrophorus vespilloides
Gastrophysa polygoni Gastrophysa polygoni
Gastrophysa polygoni Gastrophysa polygoni
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus
Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus
Pterostichus niger Pterostichus niger2024
Pterostichus niger Pterostichus niger2024
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2024
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024
Tanner Beetle Prionus coriarius2024
Tanner Beetle Prionus coriarius2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2024
Tachycixius pilosus Tachycixius pilosus2024
Tachycixius pilosus Tachycixius pilosus2024
Tipula maxima Tipula maxima2024
Tipula maxima Tipula maxima2024
Philopotamus montanus Philopotamus montanus2024
Philopotamus montanus Philopotamus montanus2024
Oil Beetle Meloe2024
Oil Beetle Meloe2024
Bumblebee Bombus2024
Bumblebee Bombus2024
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2024
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2024
Violet Oil-beetle Meloe violaceus2024
Violet Oil-beetle Meloe violaceus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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