Bowl barrow on Hartridge, 360m east of Shelves Farm
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.84479, -3.16812
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Robin, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
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Track on Hartridge above Beacon
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Wildlife to spot
3,251 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,251 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch · Great Tit · Grey Heron · Robin · Siskin +15
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Beaver
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White +36
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,251 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBullfinch · Great Tit · Grey Heron · Robin · Siskin +15
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Beaver
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Large White · Small White +36
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumEristalis nemorumDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiPeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisMarbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaIassus lanioIassus lanioIassus lanioIassus lanioOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusMalthodes fuscusMalthodes fuscusMalthodes fuscusMalthodes fuscusStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraGround WeevilBarynotus obscurusGround WeevilBarynotus obscurusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataWestern Bee-flyBombylius canescensWestern Bee-flyBombylius canescensXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024