Bulmoor Coppice ✦ Ancient woodland 33 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 33 ha
Places › England › South West › East Devon Getting here
50.73710, -2.99620
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Cleavers, Cock's-foot, Common Nettle +44 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Glow-worm, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Bramble, Blackthorn +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map East Devon Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref EDW Listed length 61km Regional walking route
Show on map Wessex Ridgeway Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WR Regional walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 46: Seaton to Seatown) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2 Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to Dawlish Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 172 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 172 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2 km ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 236 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 236 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Field boundary by Five Barrow Lane
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Wildlife to spot
20,228 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,228 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldcrest +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Curlew Numenius arquata Tawny Owl Strix aluco Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Slow-worm
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket +17
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Abax parallelepipedus Cock's-foot · Cleavers · Creeping Buttercup · Cow Parsley · Germander Speedwell +41
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Cleavers Galium aparine Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys Bramble Rubus fruticosus Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,228 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldcrest +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Curlew Numenius arquata Tawny Owl Strix aluco Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Slow-worm
Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket +17
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Abax parallelepipedus Cock's-foot · Cleavers · Creeping Buttercup · Cow Parsley · Germander Speedwell +41
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Cleavers Galium aparine Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys Bramble Rubus fruticosus Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2024
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides2024
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2024
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2024
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2024
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2024
Violet Oil-beetle Meloe violaceus2024
Violet Oil-beetle Meloe violaceus2024
Oil Beetle Meloe2024
Oil Beetle Meloe2024
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Maple Acer campestre
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Common Vetch Vicia sativa
Common Vetch Vicia sativa
Wilson's Honeysuckle Lonicera nitida
Wilson's Honeysuckle Lonicera nitida
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Red Campion Silene dioica
Red Campion Silene dioica
Field-rose Rosa arvensis
Field-rose Rosa arvensis
Polypodium vulgare Polypodium vulgare
Polypodium vulgare Polypodium vulgare
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum
Rose Rosa
Rose Rosa
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Wood Dock Rumex sanguineus
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica
Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum
Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum 