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Brookcorner Plantation

37 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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50.71712, -3.70369

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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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Hairy Curtain Crust, Scarlet Elfcup, King Alfred's Cakes +23 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Hairy Curtain Crust, Scarlet Elfcup, King Alfred's Cakes +23 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Small White, Brimstone Moth +170 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Small White, Brimstone Moth +170 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Cirl Bunting, Red-legged Partridge, Swift +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Gorse · last seen 2019; Plants — Gorse · last seen 2019

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Two Moors WayWalking route

Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route

Dartmoor WayWalking route

Named routeRef DWRegional walking route

Tedbury Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRef TEDLocal walking route

Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route

Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route

Dunsford to Moretonhampstead TrailWalking route

Named routeRef DMTRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

11,232 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,232 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds10 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Cirl Bunting · Red-legged Partridge · Swift · Pochard · Skylark +5

Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
SwiftApus apus2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WigeonMareca penelope2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Badger · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Hedgehog · Brown Hare +1

BadgerMeles meles2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Pine MartenMartes martes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024

🐝

Insects60 species

autumn

2025

Lunar Underwing · Large Yellow Underwing · Black Rustic · Beaded Chestnut · Red Admiral +55

Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2021
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Mullein WaveScopula marginepunctata2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019

🍄

Fungi26 species

spring

2022

Hairy Curtain Crust · Scarlet Elfcup · Split Porecrust · Wood Pinkgill · King Alfred's Cakes +21

Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Wood PinkgillEntoloma rhodopolium
King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum
Camarographium stephensiiCamarographium stephensii
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Oak Curtain CrustHymenochaete rubiginosa
Micropodia pteridinaMicropodia pteridina
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
Winter PolyporeLentinus brumalis
Pale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinis
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Bracken MapRhopographus filicinus
Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
Snowy DiscoLachnum virgineum
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
Mensularia nodulosaMensularia nodulosa
Alder BracketMensularia radiata
Rusty WoodwartHypoxylon rubiginosum
Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina2020
Ribbed BellGalerina clavata2020
Yellowing OysterlingCrepidotus luteolus2020
Tremella globisporaTremella globispora2020

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2021

Corn Buttercup · Shepherd's Cress · Small Cudweed · Bird's-foot · Gorse

Corn ButtercupRanunculus arvensis
Shepherd's CressTeesdalia nudicaulis
Small CudweedLogfia minima
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
GorseUlex europaeus2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,232 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds10 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Cirl Bunting · Red-legged Partridge · Swift · Pochard · Skylark +5

Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
SwiftApus apus2021
PochardAythya ferina2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WigeonMareca penelope2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Badger · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Hedgehog · Brown Hare +1

BadgerMeles meles2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Pine MartenMartes martes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Lizard · Grass Snake

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024

🐝

Insects60 species

autumn

2025

Lunar Underwing · Large Yellow Underwing · Black Rustic · Beaded Chestnut · Red Admiral +55

Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Ear Moth agg.Amphipoea oculea agg.2019
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2021
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2021
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Mullein WaveScopula marginepunctata2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2019
Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019

🍄

Fungi26 species

spring

2022

Hairy Curtain Crust · Scarlet Elfcup · Split Porecrust · Wood Pinkgill · King Alfred's Cakes +21

Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Wood PinkgillEntoloma rhodopolium
King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
Hazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscum
Camarographium stephensiiCamarographium stephensii
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Oak Curtain CrustHymenochaete rubiginosa
Micropodia pteridinaMicropodia pteridina
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina
Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
Winter PolyporeLentinus brumalis
Pale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinis
Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
Bracken MapRhopographus filicinus
Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformis
Snowy DiscoLachnum virgineum
Violet Bramble RustPhragmidium violaceum
Mensularia nodulosaMensularia nodulosa
Alder BracketMensularia radiata
Rusty WoodwartHypoxylon rubiginosum
Oak BlackheadDiatrypella quercina2020
Ribbed BellGalerina clavata2020
Yellowing OysterlingCrepidotus luteolus2020
Tremella globisporaTremella globispora2020

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2021

Corn Buttercup · Shepherd's Cress · Small Cudweed · Bird's-foot · Gorse

Corn ButtercupRanunculus arvensis
Shepherd's CressTeesdalia nudicaulis
Small CudweedLogfia minima
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus
GorseUlex europaeus2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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