Grove Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
19 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
50.68556, -4.29224
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
Tamar Valley Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDTRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 327Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 327National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route335 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 335 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route358 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 358 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route976 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 976 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 327Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 327Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,155 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,155 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Wren · Linnet +25
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
Harvest Mouse · Common Shrew · Water Shrew · Hedgehog
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Adder
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Azure Damselfly · Small Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser +38
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,155 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Wren · Linnet +25
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2022
Harvest Mouse · Common Shrew · Water Shrew · Hedgehog
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Adder
🐸Amphibians4 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Marsh Frog · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Azure Damselfly · Small Red Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Four-spotted Chaser +38
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2023
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023
- Blue-tailed Damselfly
Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ischnura elegans2023
Ischnura elegans2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearisWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaRhyacophilaRhyacophilaRhyacophilaRhyacophilaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaBembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatumBembidion biguttatumPoecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolorPoecilus versicolorCereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopusCereal Leaf BeetleOulema duftschmidi/melanopusBlack Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2025Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Oil BeetleMeloe2024Anthomyia liturataAnthomyia liturata2022Anthomyia liturataAnthomyia liturata2022Argyra argentinaArgyra argentina2022Argyra argentinaArgyra argentina2022Paradelia intersectaParadelia intersecta2022Paradelia intersectaParadelia intersecta2022Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2022Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2022Short-horned Black LegionnaireBeris fuscipes2022Short-horned Black LegionnaireBeris fuscipes2022Leia fascipennisLeia fascipennis2022Leia fascipennisLeia fascipennis2022Square-spot DeerflyChrysops viduatus2022Square-spot DeerflyChrysops viduatus2022Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2022Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2022Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis2022Syntormon aulicumSyntormon aulicum2022Syntormon aulicumSyntormon aulicum2022Dolichopus latilimbatusDolichopus latilimbatus2022Dolichopus latilimbatusDolichopus latilimbatus2022Dolichopus vitripennisDolichopus vitripennis2022Dolichopus vitripennisDolichopus vitripennis2022Botanophila fugaxBotanophila fugax2022Botanophila fugaxBotanophila fugax2022Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2022Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2022Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma2022Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma2022Dolichopus phaeopusDolichopus phaeopus2022Dolichopus phaeopusDolichopus phaeopus2022White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2022White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2022Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022Events & activities nearby
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