Ham Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.40067, -4.17311
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
European long distance path E9 - part alternative Great BritainWalking route711 km▾
Named routeRef E9Length 711 kmInternational walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 35: Portwrinkle to Plymouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 36: Plymouth to Wembury Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eurovelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part English ChannelCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1Point-to-pointInternational cycle route
NCN 2 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 27 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
NCN28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,242 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Black-necked Grebe · Magpie · Mediterranean Gull +23
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Adder
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis · Syrphus · Platycheirus peltatus agg. · Xylota sylvarum +22
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformisNabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Black-necked Grebe · Magpie · Mediterranean Gull +23
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2025
- Bombycilla garrulus garrulusBombycilla garrulus garrulus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
Grey Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Adder
🐝Insects27 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eristalis tenax · Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis · Syrphus · Platycheirus peltatus agg. · Xylota sylvarum +22
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformisNabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Deptford Pink
- Deptford PinkDianthus armeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
