Cairnfield, cairn and a length of the Taw Marsh Reave 830m ESE of Moorland House
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.71823, -3.94227
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Jackdaw +59 more · last seen 2026; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Jackdaw +59 more · last seen 2026; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Violet Oil-beetle, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Taw Teign LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTLRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National 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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,075 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,075 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Magpie +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Feral Sheep · Domestic Cattle · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hazel Dormouse
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Emperor Dragonfly +19
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis2025
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,075 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Magpie +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Feral Sheep · Domestic Cattle · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hazel Dormouse
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Emperor Dragonfly +19
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis2025
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Tormentil · Goldenrod
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Helina allotallaHelina allotalla2025Helina allotallaHelina allotalla2025Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025Hybos culiciformisHybos culiciformis2025Hybos culiciformisHybos culiciformis2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Spilogona denigrataSpilogona denigrata2025Spilogona denigrataSpilogona denigrata2025Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2025Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Pseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormis2025Pseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormis2025Hybos femoratusHybos femoratus2025Hybos femoratusHybos femoratus2025Helina reversioHelina reversio2025Helina reversioHelina reversio2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Green GemMicrochrysa flavicornis2025Green GemMicrochrysa flavicornis2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Spanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalis2025Spanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalis2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Sepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemis2025Sepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025