Commons Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.50453, -3.52311
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 km7 signed routes nearby · 15 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
11 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 route332 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 332 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route86 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 86 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route161 m▾
Named routeLength 161 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
9,537 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,537 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCirl Bunting · House Martin · Black Redstart · Herring Gull · Long-tailed Tit +40
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Seal · Common Dolphin · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Epistrophe grossulariae · Hornet Hoverfly +10
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis
- Long-winged Cone-head
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,537 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCirl Bunting · House Martin · Black Redstart · Herring Gull · Long-tailed Tit +40
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Seal · Common Dolphin · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · Epistrophe grossulariae · Hornet Hoverfly +10
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis
- Long-winged Cone-head
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Conocephalus fuscus
Conocephalus fuscus
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