Hanger Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.41262, -3.95041
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,573 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,573 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Robin +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Adder
Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sericomyia silentis · Batman Hoverfly +6
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens
- Eupteryx melissae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,573 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Robin +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Mole · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Adder
Meliscaeva auricollis · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sericomyia silentis · Batman Hoverfly +6
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Riponnensia splendensRiponnensia splendens
- Eupteryx melissae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupteryx melissae
Eupteryx melissae
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