Crooked Copse - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
50.74675, -3.17488
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 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
Sid Valley RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route300 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 300 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Woodland boundary, Ball Hill
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Wildlife to spot
6,170 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,170 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blackcap · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Pheasant +36
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Common Burying Beetle · Volucella bombylans +33
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Common Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespillo2025
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
- Broad Centurion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,170 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springwinter
2026▾
Blackcap · Pied Wagtail · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Pheasant +36
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Common Burying Beetle · Volucella bombylans +33
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Common Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespillo2025
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
- Broad Centurion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chloromyia formosa2025
Chloromyia formosa2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2025Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericea2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2025Knotgrass Leaf BeetleChrysolina polita2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Events & activities nearby
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