Docton Wood - Broadleaved woodland
13 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
50.97493, -4.50116
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 10: Hartland Quay to Bude)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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Wildlife to spot
3,256 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,256 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pied Wagtail · Kestrel · Long-tailed Tit · Robin
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects54 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee +49
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cow Parsley · Bluebell · Eyebright
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- EyebrightEuphrasia2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,256 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pied Wagtail · Kestrel · Long-tailed Tit · Robin
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects54 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee +49
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cow Parsley · Bluebell · Eyebright
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- EyebrightEuphrasia2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Garden Bumblebee
Small Garden Bumblebee
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Bombus hortorum2024
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