Downlands Plantations - Broadleaved woodland
19 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
50.85180, -3.28493
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £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 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Broadhembury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCW1Local walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
Uffculme Village TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef UFT
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 41bridleway · 2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2 kmPath type: bridleway
Photos
Track through the woods, below North Hill
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Wildlife to spot
2,628 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Chaffinch +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Wasp · Bridgman’s Bean-galler · Emperor Dragonfly · Wasp Beetle · Common Cockchafer +2
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Bridgman’s Bean-gallerEuura bridgmanii
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Chaffinch +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2024
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Wasp · Bridgman’s Bean-galler · Emperor Dragonfly · Wasp Beetle · Common Cockchafer +2
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Bridgman’s Bean-gallerEuura bridgmanii
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Marmalade Hoverfly
Marmalade Hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024