North Melbury Wood - Broadleaved woodland
18 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
50.97183, -4.32244
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
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,005 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Wren · Chiffchaff +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Sericomyia silentis · Leucozona glaucia · Acrossus rufipes · Green Dock Beetle +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Wren · Chiffchaff +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Sericomyia silentis · Leucozona glaucia · Acrossus rufipes · Green Dock Beetle +4
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2024Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023