Buttshill Copse - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.43746, -3.61887
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 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Greenway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Dart Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DVTRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route248 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 248 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route25 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 25 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route33 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
3,754 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,754 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Blue Tit · Canada Goose · Pheasant · Great Tit +53
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2026▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Emperor Dragonfly +12
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,754 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds58 species
springwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Blue Tit · Canada Goose · Pheasant · Great Tit +53
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great TitParus major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2026▾
Broad-bodied Chaser · Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Emperor Dragonfly +12
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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