Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.48163, -4.13393
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Buckland Abbey — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Buckland Abbey — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: TITHE BARN DIRECTLY TO EAST OF BUCKLAND ABBEY; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Jackdaw, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Eristalis pertinax, Common Red Soldier Beetle +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Tamar Valley Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDTRegional walking route
Drake WalkWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 km
Amica WalkWalking route4.7 km▾
Named routeLength 4.7 km
Abbot's WalkWalking route1.2 km▾
Named routeLength 1.2 kmRound trip
42 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route7 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Abbot's Tower, Buckland Abbey
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,204 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,204 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Jackdaw · House Martin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🐝Insects62 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Rhingia campestris · Green Shieldbug +57
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,204 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Jackdaw · House Martin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🐝Insects62 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Eristalis pertinax · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Rhingia campestris · Green Shieldbug +57
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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