Potwater Meadow Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland19 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
50.82830, -4.05377
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Hatherleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTCLocal walking route
Hatherleigh CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef HC
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route513 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 513 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 27Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Oak tree in winter sunshine
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Wildlife to spot
4,200 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,200 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Moorhen · Coot · Little Grebe · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe +35
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- TealAnas crecca2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket · Cabbage Bug · White-legged Damselfly +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,200 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Moorhen · Coot · Little Grebe · Mallard · Great Crested Grebe +35
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- TealAnas crecca2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PochardAythya ferina2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Speckled Bush-cricket · Cabbage Bug · White-legged Damselfly +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Events & activities nearby
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