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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 18 ha
Places › England › South West › East Devon Getting here
50.86822, -3.21053
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🐴 Horse riding🥾 Walking trails
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Rook +40 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Rook +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Speckled Wood +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Speckled Wood +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Broadhembury Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BCW1 Local walking route
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Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,575 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,575 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Rook · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Sparrow Passer domesticus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Stock Dove Columba oenas Great Tit Parus major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Martin Delichon urbicum Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Siskin Spinus spinus Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Tawny Owl Strix aluco Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Swallow Hirundo rustica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2021 Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2020 Badger Meles meles2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Leptura aurulenta · Desert Locust · Cercopis vulnerata +1
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Leptura aurulenta Leptura aurulenta2023 Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria2022 Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,575 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Rook · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Coal Tit Periparus ater Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita House Sparrow Passer domesticus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Redwing Turdus iliacus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Stock Dove Columba oenas Great Tit Parus major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba House Martin Delichon urbicum Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Siskin Spinus spinus Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Tawny Owl Strix aluco Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Swallow Hirundo rustica Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2021 Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2020 Badger Meles meles2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 6 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Leptura aurulenta · Desert Locust · Cercopis vulnerata +1
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Leptura aurulenta Leptura aurulenta2023 Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria2022 Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2020
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2020