Plan your visit
🌳Ancient🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome93 ha
Getting here
50.63296, -3.64521
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Wren
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Wren
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café; Urban park — open green space
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CANONTEIGN BARTON; Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Yarner Wood Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef YWLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Dunsford to Moretonhampstead TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DMTRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wray Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef WVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.1 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealed firm
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealed firm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ridge Ride Trail (Red - Difficult)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Ridge Ride Red
Discovery Trail (Green - Easy)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Discovery - green easy
Spicers Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Spicers - blue moderate
Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)
Photos
Chudleigh Lodge, Canonteign House
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,616 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,616 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Collared Dove · Magpie +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Dark Bush-cricket · Hydropsyche · Trichocera annulata · Red-legged Shieldbug +39
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- HydropsycheHydropsyche2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,616 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Collared Dove · Magpie +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Dark Bush-cricket · Hydropsyche · Trichocera annulata · Red-legged Shieldbug +39
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- HydropsycheHydropsyche2025
- Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2025Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2025PotamophylaxPotamophylax2025PotamophylaxPotamophylax2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaViolet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceusViolet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceusSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaPalloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellataPalloptera scutellataDrosophilaDrosophilaDrosophilaDrosophilaCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciataEctopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025Ectopsocus petersiEctopsocus petersi2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025LonchaeidaeLonchaeidae2025LonchaeidaeLonchaeidae2025Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2025Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2025Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025SciaridaeSciaridae2025SciaridaeSciaridae2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2025Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus2025Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2025Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2025Limnephilus rhombicusLimnephilus rhombicus2025Limnephilus rhombicusLimnephilus rhombicus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Blue-winged OliveSerratella ignita2025Blue-winged OliveSerratella ignita2025Events & activities nearby
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