Down Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.86831, -3.97138
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Photos
Light industrial units on the wartime airfield
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Wildlife to spot
1,325 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,325 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Wren · Chaffinch · Magpie · Rook +30
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- SwiftApus apus2017
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2017
- GannetMorus bassanus2016
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2015
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2015
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2015
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2015
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2015
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Stoat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- StoatMustela erminea2018
Violet Oil-beetle · Large White · Small White · Peacock · Tipula maxima +11
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024
- Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2021
🌿Plants115 species
springsummer
2018▾
Creeping Soft-grass · Perennial Rye-grass · Male-fern · Wood Dock · Bluebell +110
- Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2017
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,325 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Wren · Chaffinch · Magpie · Rook +30
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2015
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- SwiftApus apus2017
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2017
- GannetMorus bassanus2016
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2015
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2015
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2015
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2015
- RobinErithacus rubecula2015
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2015
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2015
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2015
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2015
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Hedgehog · Stoat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- StoatMustela erminea2018
Violet Oil-beetle · Large White · Small White · Peacock · Tipula maxima +11
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2018
- Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024
- Ctenicera cupreaCtenicera cuprea2021
🌿Plants115 species
springsummer
2018▾
Creeping Soft-grass · Perennial Rye-grass · Male-fern · Wood Dock · Bluebell +110
- Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2017
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas