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Bowl barrow 600m W of Starved Oak Cross

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

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50.77929, -3.55199

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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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Jacobaea, Yarrow, Red Campion +232 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Jacobaea, Yarrow, Red Campion +232 more · last seen 2017

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Elder, Meadowsweet, Bramble +24 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Brown Hairstreak, Small White +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Brown Hairstreak, Small White +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Two Counties WayWalking route90 km

A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.

Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route

Exeter Green CircleWalking route

Named routeRef EGCLocal walking route

Exe Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route

Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route

Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route

Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route

Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Exeter LCN E2Cycling route

Named routeRef E2Local cycle route

Exeter LCN E12Cycling route

Named routeRef E12Local cycle route

Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route E4Cycling route

Named routeRef E4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,525 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,525 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2025

Goldfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +43

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BuzzardButeo buteo
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
TealAnas crecca2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2023

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects16 species

spring

2025

Dark Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Green Dock Beetle · Cantharis rustica +11

Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,525 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2025

Goldfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +43

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
GreenshankTringa nebularia
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BuzzardButeo buteo
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
TealAnas crecca2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2023

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects16 species

spring

2025

Dark Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Green Dock Beetle · Cantharis rustica +11

Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Purvis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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