Brightworthy Barrows on Withypool Common
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.10287, -3.68973
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Swallow
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Swallow
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Swallow, Meadow Pipit +71 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Swallow, Meadow Pipit +71 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Heath +43 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Montbretia, Japanese Knotweed, Lustrous Bog-moss +82 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Earthball, Geranium Brittlegill, Amanita Wridog +6 more · last seen 2010
Varies
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Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
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4 signed routes nearby
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Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN 3 to NCN 51 LinkCycling route▾
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EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,024 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,024 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Skylark · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Meadow Pipit +23
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Water Measurer · Trixa conspersa +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
- Trixa conspersaTrixa conspersa
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Green-ribbed Sedge · Creeping Soft-grass · Devil's-bit Scabious · Purple Moor-grass · Bilberry +108
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,024 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Skylark · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Meadow Pipit +23
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Common Green Grasshopper · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Water Measurer · Trixa conspersa +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum
- Trixa conspersaTrixa conspersa
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Green-ribbed Sedge · Creeping Soft-grass · Devil's-bit Scabious · Purple Moor-grass · Bilberry +108
- Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
- Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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