Daccombe Brake - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.50091, -3.53412
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Teign Estuary TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route332 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 332 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,292 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,292 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
House Martin · Swift · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Raven +40
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Slow-worm
Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head +24
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,292 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
House Martin · Swift · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Raven +40
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- RazorbillAlca torda2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Slow-worm
Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head +24
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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