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Barn Copse

✦ Ancient woodland14 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome14 ha

Getting here

50.38687, -3.54355

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Broad-bodied Chaser, Chrysolina banksii +6 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Broad-bodied Chaser, Chrysolina banksii +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route

Greenway WalkWalking route

Named routeRef GWLocal walking route

South West Coast Path (Section 40: Torcross to Dartmouth)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

South West Coast Path (Section 41: Dartmouth to Brixham)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route

Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Alston Lanebyway open to all traffic · 731 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 731 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

8,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025

🐝

Insects3 species

springautumn

2026

Orange Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,192 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumnwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Magpie · Great Tit · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025

🐝

Insects3 species

springautumn

2026

Orange Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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