Lynch Copse - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.97485, -4.23133
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 7: Instow to Westward Ho! )Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Great Torrington CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef GTC
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
20 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 route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route294 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 294 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,741 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,741 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Greenfinch · Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +26
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🐝Insects7 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Oedemera femoralis +2
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Eupeodes luniger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,741 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Greenfinch · Blue Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +26
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🐝Insects7 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Oedemera femoralis +2
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Eupeodes luniger
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eupeodes luniger2024
Eupeodes luniger2024
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2024