Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.29086, -3.87211
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Little Egret
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 219m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦109+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Little Egret
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 219m away
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Little Egret, Oystercatcher +106 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Little Egret, Oystercatcher +106 more · last seen 2026; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bloody-nosed Beetle, Glow-worm, Field Grasshopper +16 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Avon Estuary Walk; Named hiking route nearby: Avon Estuary Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (section 37 Newton Ferrers to Bigbury on Sea)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 38: Bigbury on Sea to Salcombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Avon Estuary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef AEWLocal walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route231 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 231 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route631 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 631 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route209 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 209 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Road across Bigbury Golf Club
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,669 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,669 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw +52
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Adder
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Fan-bristled Robberfly · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Glow-worm +6
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Fan-bristled RobberflyDysmachus trigonus2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,669 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Robin · Woodpigeon · Rook · Jackdaw +52
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Adder
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Fan-bristled Robberfly · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Glow-worm +6
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Fan-bristled RobberflyDysmachus trigonus2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva2025
Rhagonycha fulva2025
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Events & activities nearby
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