Bull Moor Copse
✦ Ancient woodland89 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome89 ha
Getting here
50.83240, -3.22716
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Blackbird, House Sparrow +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Peregrine, Blackbird, House Sparrow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Campion, Cow Parsley, Selfheal +196 more · last seen 2019
Free
Plants — Ground-elder, Hazel, Meadowsweet +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Peacock +164 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Peacock +164 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Broadhembury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCW1Local walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 19bridleway · 287 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 287 mPath type: track
BW 19bridleway · 411 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 411 mPath type: track
BW 19bridleway · 953 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 953 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
2,382 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,382 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Nuthatch · Robin +29
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2019
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2016
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Beaver · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2021
Adder
Peacock · Red Admiral · Large White · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +16
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
White Dead-nettle
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,382 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Peregrine · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Nuthatch · Robin +29
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2019
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2019
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2016
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Beaver · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2021
Adder
Peacock · Red Admiral · Large White · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady +16
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
White Dead-nettle
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2018Clarke's Mining BeeAndrena clarkella2018Lily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiSpeckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2019Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2019Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2018Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2018Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2018Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2018Imantimyia albisetaImantimyia albiseta2018Imantimyia albisetaImantimyia albiseta2018Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2018Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2018Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2018Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2018Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2018Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Early Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma2018Early Nomad BeeNomada leucophthalma2018Events & activities nearby
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